New species of Limnophyes Eaton (Diptera, Chironomidae) from China and synonymy of L. fuscipygmus Tokunaga, 1940

By

Liu, Wenbin
Zhao, Cong
Kong, Fanqing
Yan, Chuncai
Wang, Xinhua

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2021

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1011

Pages

51--61

Subjects

identification key , Morphology , synonymy , systematics , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1011.58993

 

Abstract

Two new species, L. minerus Liu & Yan, sp. nov. and L. subtilus Liu & Yan, sp. nov. are described and illustrated as adult males. Limnophyes minimus (Meigen, 1818) is assigned as a senior synonym of L. minerus Tokunaga, 1940. A key to males of Limnophyes from China is presented.