Journal
ZOOTAXA
Volume 5190, Issue 3, Pages 361-392Publisher
MAGNOLIA PRESS
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5190.3.3
Keywords
Diptera; Chironomidae; Diamesa steinboecki group; taxonomy; DNA barcoding; Eurasia; North America
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- Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation [121031000147-6]
- Russian Scientific Fund (RSF) [22-24-00162]
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This paper provides illustrated descriptions of adult males of multiple species from the Russian Far East, North America, Arctic, Chukotka Region, Kolyma River basin, Norway, Japan, Himalayas, and Eurasia. Morphological data and DNA sequencing were used to classify these species, and information on their geographical distribution is provided.
Illustrated redescription of the adult males Diamesa alpina Tokunaga from the Russian Far East and North America, D. amplexivirilia Hansen from Arctic and the Russian Far East, D. saetheri Willassen from Chukotka Region and Kolyma River basin, D. lupus Willassen from Alaska, D. serratosioi Willassen from Norway and Russian Far East, D. leoniella Hansen from Alaska, D. leona Roback from Eurasia, D. japonica Tokunaga from Japan and Russian Far East, D. khumbugelida Saether et Willassen and D. loeffleri Reiss from Himalayas are provided.Morphological data and DNA sequences of the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I gene (COI) were used to delimit of seven species from subgroups davisi (D. alpina, D. amplexivirilia, D. serratosioi), leona (D. japonica, D. leona) and loeffleri (D. khumbugelida, D. loeffleri). Taxonomic remarks with data on geographical distribution of the investigated species are given.
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