A NEW RHEOCRICOTOPUS THIENEMANN & HARNISCHIA (DIPTERA: CHIRONOMIDAE) FROM TAIWAN PROVINCE CHINA |
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| Authors: | Xin-hua Wang Chun-cai Yan Can-jen Maa |
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| Institution: | College of Life science, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China;Institute of Zoology, Academia, Sinica Taibei, Taiwan, China |
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| Abstract: | 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. |
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| Keywords: | Chironomidae Rheocricotopus new species hypopygium |
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