Notes on Nilothauma Kieffer from Oriental China, with descriptions of three new species (Diptera, Chironomidae)

By

Qi, Xin
Tang, Hongqu
Wang, Xinhua

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2016

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

574

Pages

143-159

Subjects

key , new records , new species , Nilothauma , Oriental China

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.574.6129

 

Abstract

Three new species of Nilothauma Kieffer are described and figured from Oriental China: N. angustum sp. n. based on the male only, N. aristatum sp. n. based on the male, pupa and larva, and N. bilobatum sp. n. based on the male and pupa. In addition, new distribution records are given for N. japonicum Niitsuma, N. nojirimaculatum Sasa, N. hibaratertium Sasa, and N. acre Adam & Sæther. A key to known males of Nilothauma Kieffer in China is provided.