Published October 25, 2023 | Version v1
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Chaoborus flavicans

  • 1. School of Biological Sciences, Seoul 08826, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea & Comparative Medicine Disease Research Center, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea

Description

Species list of C. flavicans complex

Chaoborus flavicans (Meigen, 1830). Type locality: Germany (Giles 1902, Borkent 2014)

Chaoborus albipes (Johannsen, 1903). Type locality: Ithaca, New York, USA (Borkent 2014).

Chaoborus posio Salmela, 2021. Type locality: Posio, Lapland, Finland (Salmela et al. 2021b)

Chaoborus pseudoflavicans sp. nov. Type locality: Haenam-gun, Jeollanam-do, Korea

Diagnosis. Adult male. See Salmela et al. (2021b) for morphological details. Flagellomeres annulated circularform with partly darked or pale whorl bases. Scutellar stripes light brown to almost black with pale lateral stripes. Legs mostly light brown with darkened apical tarsomeres. Paramere of male hypopygium elongated, conspicuous apical claw, slightly curved or straight.

Pupa. Mid rib of terminal process slightly darkened than lateral ribs, outer rib of terminal process smooth with no spines.

IV instar larva. Mandibular tooth 3 (subordinate tooth) placed in at the middle of tooth 2 and tooth 4. Lateral teeth inconspicuous (shorter than first lateral tooth) or conspicuous (long as first lateral tooth) and elongated labral blades.

Notes

Published as part of Bang, Woo Jun & Shin, Seunggwan, 2023, A new species of the Chaoborus flavicans complex (Diptera, Chaoboridae) in South Korea, pp. 57-81 in Zootaxa 5360 (1) on page 59, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5360.1.3, http://zenodo.org/record/10084843

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Chaoboridae
Genus
Chaoborus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Diptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Meigen
Species
flavicans
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Chaoborus flavicans (Meigen, 1830) sec. Bang & Shin, 2023

References

  • Meigen, J. W. (1830) Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europaischen zweiflugeligen Insekten. Vol. 6. Suchulzische Buchhandlung, Hamm, xi + 401 pp., pls. 55 - 66.
  • Giles, G. M. (1902) A handbook of the gnats or mosquitoes giving the anatomy and life history of the Culicidae. Together with descriptions of all species notices up to the present data. 2 nd Edition. Rewritten and Enlarged. J. Bale, Sons & Danielsson, London, XI + 530 pp.
  • Borkent, A. (2014) World catalog of extant and fossil Chaoboridae (Diptera). Zootaxa, 3796 (3), 469 - 493. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3796.3.4
  • Johannsen, O. A. (1903) Aquatic nematocerous Diptera. New York State Museum Bulletin, 68 (Entomology 18), 327 - 448, pls. 32 - 50. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 8531
  • Salmela, J., Harma, O. & Taylor, D. J. (2021 b) Chaoborus flavicans Meigen (Diptera, Chaoboridae) is a complex of lake and pond dwelling species: a revision. Zootaxa, 4927 (2), 151 - 196. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4927.2.1