Premium
XENOCHIRONOMUS TUBEROSUS SP. NOV. FROM SOUTHERN CHINA, WITH EMENDATION TO THE DIAGNOSIS OF THE GENUS (DIPTERA: CHIRONOMIDAE) *
Author(s) -
Xinhua WANG
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
insect science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.991
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1744-7917
pISSN - 1672-9609
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-7917.2000.tb00412.x
Subject(s) - biology , chironomidae , seta , genus , chaetotaxy , china , zoology , botany , archaeology , larva , history
Xenochironomus tuberosus sp. nov. from southern China is here described and illustrated as male imagines. The new species is separated from other known species of this genus in having frontal tubercle, unusual stout setae on tergite VI, characteristic chaetotaxy on tergite IX and unique superior volsela. Based on the new species, an emendation to the diagnosis of the genus is given. This paper is the first record of genus Xenochironomus from China.