Pseudosmittia fabioi Boggero, Zaupa & Rossaro, 2014 (Diptera: Chironomidae: Orthocladiinae) a new junior synonym of Prosmittia verae Krasheninnikov & Makarchenko, 2008
<em>Pseudosmittia fabioi</em> Boggero, Zaupa & Rossaro, 2014 was found to be conspecific with <em>Prosmittia verae</em> Krasheninnikov & Makarchenko, 2008 after examination of original description and illustrations. Accordingly, <em>Ps. fabioi</em>...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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PAGEPress Publications
2015-08-01
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| Series: | Journal of Entomological and Acarological Research |
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| Online Access: | http://www.pagepressjournals.org/index.php/jear/article/view/5151 |
| Summary: | <em>Pseudosmittia fabioi</em> Boggero, Zaupa & Rossaro, 2014 was found to be conspecific with <em>Prosmittia verae</em> Krasheninnikov & Makarchenko, 2008 after examination of original description and illustrations. Accordingly, <em>Ps. fabioi</em> is placed in junior synonymy with <em>Pr. verae</em>, new synonymy. The transfer of <em>Ps. fabioi</em> to the genus <em>Prosmittia</em> allows to state that the female of <em>Ps. fabioi</em> (Boggero et al., 2014) is the first description of the female of the genus <em>Prosmittia</em>. |
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| ISSN: | 2038-324X 2279-7084 |