Palatovia lorestanica Makarchenko et Semenchenko, 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 : 94

Palatovia lorestanica Makarchenko et Semenchenko , sp. nov.

( Figs. 1–14 )

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Type material. Holotype, adult male, IRAN: Lorestan Province, Zagros Mountains, Tenge-Kholeven River upper of Cham Chit Village , alt. 1338 m above sea level, N 33°22.737’, E 48°58.414’, 29.VI.2019, leg. D. Palatov. Paratypes: 24 males, the same data as holotype ; 5 males, the same data as holotype, excepted Dez (Sezar) River , 1 km to North of Sepid Dasht Town, alt. 1022 m above sea level, N 33°13.567’, E 48°53.140’ 13.VI.2019, leg. D. Palatov.

Derivatio nominis. The species is named as lorestanica after the type locality in mountains of Lorestan Province of Iran.

Figures

FIGURES 1–6. Palatovia lorestanica sp. nov., male. 1, lobe of pronotum (straightened); 2, anterior part of mesonotum in dorsal view; 3, median volsella and aedeagal lobe in ventral view; 4, hypopygium in dorsal view; 5–6, subapical part of gonostylus. MVo—median volsella; Al—aedeagal lobe. Scale bars: Figs. 1, 4—100 μm; Fig. 2—200 μm; Figs. 3, 5–6—50 μm.

FIGURES 7–14. Palatovia lorestanica sp. nov., male. 7, hypopygium in dorsal view; 8, hypopygium in ventral view; 9, wing; 10, antenna; 11, head; 12, transverse sternapodema and aedeagal lobes; 13, thorax in lateral view; 14, gonostylus in ventral view.