Contribution to the knowledge of Rheotanytarsus pellucidus species group from China (Diptera, Chironomidae): three new and one newly recorded species Author Liu, Wen-Bin Tianjin Key Laboratory of Conservation and Utilization of Animal Diversity, College of Life Sciences, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin, 300387, China. Author Yao, Yuan Tianjin Key Laboratory of Conservation and Utilization of Animal Diversity, College of Life Sciences, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin, 300387, China. Author Chang, Tong Tianjin Key Laboratory of Conservation and Utilization of Animal Diversity, College of Life Sciences, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin, 300387, China. Author Yan, Chun-Cai Tianjin Key Laboratory of Conservation and Utilization of Animal Diversity, College of Life Sciences, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin, 300387, China. Author Lin, Xiao-Long Shanghai Universities Key Laboratory of Marine Animal Taxonomy and Evolution, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, China. & Engineering Research Center of Environmental DNA and Ecological Water Health Assessment, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, China. text Zootaxa 2022 2022-09-16 5188 2 145 156 journal article 147464 10.11646/zootaxa.5188.2.4 06f44fff-cd7b-42c8-a157-cda7c590a8e9 1175-5326 7087541 0673956D-DBEF-40CC-9462-886BB2C2A36B Rheotanytarsus buculicaudus Kyerematen & Saether, 2000 Rheotanytarsus buculicaudus Kyerematen & Saether, 2000: 43 ; Kyerematen, Saether & Andersen, 2000: 165 Specimen examined . 5 males ( BDN No. 20401, 20402, 20403, 20404, 20405), China , Fujian Province , Yongtai Country , 17. ix. 2002 . Leg. Zh Liu . 1 male ( BDN No 20020), China , Fujian Province , Jianning Country. 25. ix. 2002 . Leg. Zh Liu Light trap . Diagnosis . This species can be separated from other members of the group by the following combination of characters: anal tergal bands nearly horizontal, and inferior volsella without microtrichia. Distribution. Ghana and China ( Fujian ).