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

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 present...

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Main Authors: Wenbin Liu, Cong Zhao, Fanqing Kong, Chuncai Yan, Xinhua Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2021-01-01
Series:ZooKeys
Online Access:https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/58993/download/pdf/
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author Wenbin Liu
Cong Zhao
Fanqing Kong
Chuncai Yan
Xinhua Wang
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description 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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spelling doaj.art-4f688df1702d4ddbb6d76d5aae867e012022-12-21T21:17:33ZengPensoft PublishersZooKeys1313-29702021-01-011011516110.3897/zookeys.1011.5899358993New species of Limnophyes Eaton (Diptera, Chironomidae) from China and synonymy of L. fuscipygmus Tokunaga, 1940Wenbin Liu0Cong Zhao1Fanqing Kong2Chuncai Yan3Xinhua Wang4Tianjin Normal University Tianjin Normal UniversityEcological Environment Monitoring and Scientific Research Center of Haihe River Basin and Beihai Sea Area, Ministry of Ecological EnvironmentTianjin Normal UniversityNankai UniversityTwo 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.https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/58993/download/pdf/
spellingShingle Wenbin Liu
Cong Zhao
Fanqing Kong
Chuncai Yan
Xinhua Wang
New species of Limnophyes Eaton (Diptera, Chironomidae) from China and synonymy of L. fuscipygmus Tokunaga, 1940
ZooKeys
title New species of Limnophyes Eaton (Diptera, Chironomidae) from China and synonymy of L. fuscipygmus Tokunaga, 1940
title_full New species of Limnophyes Eaton (Diptera, Chironomidae) from China and synonymy of L. fuscipygmus Tokunaga, 1940
title_fullStr New species of Limnophyes Eaton (Diptera, Chironomidae) from China and synonymy of L. fuscipygmus Tokunaga, 1940
title_full_unstemmed New species of Limnophyes Eaton (Diptera, Chironomidae) from China and synonymy of L. fuscipygmus Tokunaga, 1940
title_short New species of Limnophyes Eaton (Diptera, Chironomidae) from China and synonymy of L. fuscipygmus Tokunaga, 1940
title_sort new species of limnophyes eaton diptera chironomidae from china and synonymy of l fuscipygmus tokunaga 1940
url https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/58993/download/pdf/
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