NEW RECORDS OF NON-BITING MIDGES (DIPTERA: CHIRONOMIDAE, ORTHOCLADIINAE) FROM MALLORCA, SPAIN Abstract Author Baranov, Viktor Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Berlin, Germany. & Humboldt University of Berlin, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Geography Department, Berlin, Germany. E-mail: baranov @ igb-berlin. de baranov@igb-berlin.de Author Kvifte, Gunnar Mikalsen Department of Zoology, Institute of Biology, University of Kassel, Kassel, Germany. & Department of Natural History, University Museum of Bergen, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway. gunnar.kvifte@uib.no text CHIRONOMUS Journal of Chironomidae Research 2016 2016-09-15 29 11 14 journal article 53545 10.5324/cjcr.v0i29.1990 85ec7361-36c6-49c0-a9c6-b83cc96e4ee9 2387-5372 7991027 Smittia pratorum (Goetghebuer, 1927) Locality: Spain , Mallorca, Esporles, Torrent de San Vic , 39.670459 oN , 2.569193 oE , 1♂ , 10 February 2015 , stream edges; Cala Figuera, 39.330871 oN , 3.165476 oE , 2♂♂ , 1♀ , 10 February 2015 , forest glade in front of hotel; Banyalbufar , 39.690612 oN , 2.525107 oE , 1♂ , 09 February 2015 , shaded ditch between Banyalbufar and Esporles. Distribution: Widely distributed in the Holarctic region; occurring in Oriental China , and possibly also in Argentina in the Neotropical region. In Spain, the species was previously recorded in the Sierra Nevada ( Ashe and O’Connor 2012 , Spies and Saether 2013 ). New to Balearic Islands ( Ashe and O’Connor 2012 , Spies and Saether 2013 , Soriano et al. 1997 ). Remarks: The male collected at Banyalbufar exhibits a curious abnormality in the development of the anal point as the apex of the anal point is bifurcate and Y-shaped ( Fig. 2 ). We have not found similar examples in the literature, but a wide variety of other developmental abnormalities resulting from parasites or gene or chromosomal mutations have been thoroughly documented (see Rempel 1940 ; Martin and Lee 2000 ).