Two new species of genus Hydrosmittia Ferrington & Sæther (Diptera: Chironomidae) from China

Ruilei Zhang, Wenbin Liu, Leonard C. Ferrington, Xinhua Wang

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Abstract

The genus Hydrosmittia from China is reviewed. Two new species H. continalinea sp. n. and H. sipinata sp. n. are described and illustrated based on male imagines. Key to known male imagines of genus Hydrosmittia worldwide is provided.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)167-174
Number of pages8
JournalZootaxa
Volume4121
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 8 2016

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
Financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC, grant No. 31201739, 31272284; J1210005), Fauna of China (FY120100)) are acknowledged with thanks. Partial support for this research at the University of Minnesota was provided through MAES Grant #10-031 to Leonard Ferrington.

Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2016 Magnolia Press.

Keywords

  • China
  • Chironomidae
  • Hydrosmittia
  • Key
  • New species

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