Rheotanytarsus acerbus (Johannsen)

Wang, Xinhua & Guo, Yuhong, 2004, A review of the genus Rheotanytarsus Thienemann & Bause from China (Diptera: Chironomidae: Tanytarsini), Zootaxa 650, pp. 1-19 : 2

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.158146

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5681654

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scientific name

Rheotanytarsus acerbus (Johannsen)
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Rheotanytarsus acerbus (Johannsen) View in CoL

Tanytarsus (Rheotanytarsus) acerbus Johannsen 1932: 547 View in CoL (Fig. 37)

Rheotanytarsus acerbus (Johannsen) Chaudhuri, Datta & Mazumdar 1994: 151 View in CoL ( Fig. 1 View FIGURES 1 – 5 ), Kyerematen, Andersen & Saether 2000: 236 ( Figs. 2 View FIGURES 1 – 5 D–G), Wang & Zheng 1993: 91 ( Figs. 5–6 View FIGURES 1 – 5 View FIGURES 6 – 9 ).

Material examined. 4 males, CHINA, Taiwan Province, Taipei City, Kuandu, Wetland. 20. X. 1988, Leg. C. J. W. Maa. 2 males, CHINA, Guangdong Province, Fengkai Country, Heishiding Natural Conservation, IV. 19. 1988. Light trap, Leg. X. Wang.

Rheotanytarsus acerbus (Johannsen) is described in detail by Kyerematen, Andersen & Saether 2000.

Distribution. The species was described by Johannsen in 1932 based on the specimen collected in Sumatra, Indonesia. The species has a typical oriental distribution, including records from West Bengual in India by Chaudhuri et al. and southern China (Guangdong and Taiwan provinces).

Chaudhuri, P. K., Datta, T. & Mazyndar, A. (1994) Notes on the genus Rheotanytarsus Thienemann et Bause (Diptera, Chironomidae) with descriptions of two new species from India. Russian Entomology Journal, 3 (1 - 2), 151 - 158.

Johannsen, O. A. (1932) Chironominae of the Malayan Subregion of the Dutch East Indies. Archiv fur Hydrobiologie, Supplement, 11, 503 - 552.

Wang, X. & Zheng, L. (1993) Taxonomic studies on Chironomidae from China VI. Genus Rheotanytarsus Thienemann & Bause (Diptera: Chironomidae). Acta Scientiarum Naturalium Universitatis Nankaiensis, 1, 89 - 93.

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FIGURES 1 – 5. Figs. 1 – 3. Rheotanytarsus aphelus sp. n. Holotype, male imago: 1. Wing, 2. Hypopygium, 3. Median volsella. Figs. 4 – 5. Rheotanytarsus bullus sp. n. Holotype, male imago: 4. Wing, 5. Hypopygium

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Chironomidae

Tribe

Tanytarsini

Genus

Rheotanytarsus