A NEW RHEOCRICOTOPUS THIENEMANN & HARNISCHIA (DIPTERA: CHIRONOMIDAE) FROM TAIWAN PROVINCE CHINA

Abstract  Rheocricotopus (Psilocricotopus) taiwanensis sp. n. from Taiwan, China, is described as male imagines. The species is allied to R. (P.) chalybeatus (Edwards) but it is easily separated from the latter in lacking setae in all reins, much lower AR and more pronounced crista dorsalis in gonostylus. The genus is new to Taiwan Province, China. The specimen is deposited at the Department of Biology, Nankai University, Tianjin.     

台湾省趋流摇蚊属一新种(双翅目:摇蚊科)(英文)

记述采自台湾省关渡水笔仔红树林趋流摇蚊属一新种,命名为台湾趋流摇蚊Rheocricotopus taiwanensissp.n.新种隶属Psilocricotopus亚属与R.(P.)chalybeatus近似,但所有翅脉缺少大毛;腋瓣只具少数缘毛;抱器亚端背脊明显凸出而且触角比值(AR)明显低于后者。该属在中国台湾省属首次记录。