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

Journal

ZOOKEYS
Volume -, Issue 1011, Pages 51-61

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PENSOFT PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1011.58993

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Identification key; morphology; synonymy; systematics; taxonomy

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Funding

  1. National Natural Science Foundation of China [31672324, 31801994]
  2. Natural Science Foundation of Tianjin [18JCQNJC14700, 18JCYBJC96100, S20QNS624]
  3. Freshwater ecological monitoring and assessment of Haihe River Basin (2020)
  4. Tianjin Normal University Foundation [5RL104, 043135202-XB1715, 043135202-XK1706, 135305JF79]

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This study describes and illustrates two new species of adult male Limnophyes flies, and reassigns a previous species name as a senior synonym. It also provides a key for identifying males of Limnophyes flies from China.
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.

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