Six new and two newly recorded species of Chironomidae (Insecta: Diptera) in Korea |
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Authors: | Han Il Ree |
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Affiliation: | Department of Environmental Medical Biology, and Arthropods of Medical Importance Resource Bank, College of Medicine, Yonsei University, , Seoul, Korea |
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Abstract: | Adult chironomids were collected by light trap operations, sweeping grasses with insect nets, and aspiration of light‐attracted adults at various localities. All collected specimens were slide‐mounted and identified. Six species new to science were found and named: Rheotanytarsus pseudopentapoda n. sp., Cricotopus byeonsanensis n. sp., Cricotopus parajogantertius n. sp., Limnophyes bukhandecimus n. sp., Limnophyes simensis n. sp. and Orthocladius jeongnungensis. Two species, Ainuyusuroka tuberculatum (Tokunaga) and Pseudosmittia nishiharaensis Sasa and Hasegawa, are found for the first time in Korea. All species are fully described with illustrations. This is the first report of the genus Ainugusurika in Korea. |
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Keywords: | Chironomidae Korea new species taxonomy |
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