A review of Boreoheptagyia Brundin, 1966 (Chironomidae: Diamesinae) from East Asia and bordering territories, with the description of five new species
Author
Makarchenko, Eugenyi A.
Institute of Biology and Soil Sciences, Russian Academy of Sciences, Far East Branch, 100 let Vladivostoku Avenue, Vladivostok 690022 Russia. E-mail: makarchenko @ biosoil. ru Koporasu-Tamura-C, Minami-machi Higashi- 5 - 1 - 14, Obihiro, Hokkaido 080 - 0855, Japan. E-mail: endito @ snow. plala. or. jp Life Science College of Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071 China. E-mail: xhwang @ nankai. edu. cn Corresponding author
Author
Endo, Kazuo
Author
Wu, Jingyang
Author
Wang, Xinhua
text
Zootaxa
2008
2008-07-07
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https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1817.1.1
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.1817.1.1
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Boreoheptagyia rotunda
Serra-Tosio
Boreoheptagyia rotunda
Serra-Tosio, 1983: 23–25
.
Boreoheptagyia rotunda
Serra-Tosio
;
Serra-Tosio (1989: 163)
.
Diagnostic characters.
Wing length
2.35–2.62 mm
(n = 4). Antenna with 13 flagellomeres, AR 0.21–0.22. Acrostichals numerous; dorsocentrals
11 in
2 groups, 8 setae in anterior group, 3 setae in posterior group; prealars 16; preepisternals absent. LR
1
0.46, LR
2
0.44, LR
3
0.51. Aedeagal lobe rod-shaped, phallapodeme short. Basal lobe of gonocoxite rounded without setae. Gonostylus with megaseta.
Distribution.
The species is known only from the
type
locality, a high mountain area not far from Mount Everest in
Nepal
.