Boreoheptagyia joeli Makarchenko, 2020

Makarchenko, Eugenyi A., Semenchenko, Alexander A. & Palatov, Dmitry M., 2020, Taxonomy of some Boreoheptagyiini Brundin (Diptera: Chironomidae Diamesinae) from the mountains of Central Asia and the Middle East, with description and DNA barcoding of new taxa, Zootaxa 4790 (1), pp. 91-107 : 96-97

Boreoheptagyia joeli Makarchenko , sp. nov.

( Figs. 15–18 , 22–26 )

http://zoobank.org/NomenclaturalActs/ ADC321EA-4997-4F69-B13D-D3D5558FE79B

Type material. Holotype, adult male, CHINA: Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Tien Shan Mountains, Bogdo- Ula Range , the headwaters of the Zienzan River at the confluence of the Malu River , altitude 2443 m above sea level, 9.VII.2017, N 43°49.738’, E 88°10.351’, leg. D. Palatov. Paratypes, 8 adult males, the same data as holo- type except for 9–10.VII.2017 ; 1 adult male, the same data as holotype except for Karamsak River , 9.VII.2017, N 43°50.367’, E 88°10.203’, leg. D. Palatov ; 1 pupa, 1 larva, the same data as holotype except for Urumqi City District , unnamed stream of Sangecha River near Malu River, altitude 3001 m above sea level, 13.VII.2017, N 43°43.176’, E 88°16.547’, leg. D. Palatov.

Derivatio nominis. The species is named in honour of the French chironomid taxonomist Joel Moubayed- Breil.

Figures

FIGURES 15–21. Boreoheptagyia joeli sp. nov. (15–18) and B. iranica sp. nov. (19–21), males. 15–16, 20–21, tergite IX; 17, transverse sternapodeme with group of spinules; 18, gonostylus; 19, hypopygium in dorsal view, without tergite IX. Scale bars 50 μm.

FIGURES 22–27. Boreoheptagyia joeli sp. nov. (22–26) and B. phoenicia Moubayed (27), males. 22, thorax in lateral view; 23–24, hypopygium in dorsal view; 25, antenna; 26, middle part of hypopygium without tergite IX; 27, gonostylus.