The species of the genus Diamesa (Diptera, Chironomidae) known to occur in Italian Alps and Apennines
Author
Montagna, Matteo
Author
Urbanelli, Sandra
Author
Rossaro, Bruno
text
Zootaxa
2016
4193
2
317
331
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4193.2.7
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1175-5326
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Diamesa laticauda
Serra-Tosio, 1964
The
species is very rare in the
Alps. It
is recorded only in few localities:
Estellette
glacial stream,
Veny Valley
(
Val d’Aosta
),
11IX1995
,
12IX1997
; Lys Glacial stream
30VI1987
; Vedretta de la Mare (Adamello)
31VII2002
. It can be easily distinguished by the expansion of the gonostylus and the large pars ventralis (
Serra-Tosio 1964
).