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New species and records of Pseudochironomini Sæther, 1977 (Diptera, Chironomidae) from the Dominican Republic

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  • 1. University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
  • 2. Bavarian State Collection of Zoology, Munich, Germany
  • 3. Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China
  • 4. Estación Biológica de Doñana-CSIC, Sevilla, Spain

Description

Pseudochironomini is a relatively small and poorly-studied tribe of subfamily Chironominae (Diptera, Chironomidae).

Pseudochironomus ruthae Andersen & Baranov sp. nov. is described and figured, based on a single male collected in a light trap at Matadero, Dominican Republic. The species can be separated from its congeners by the combination of the following characters: wing without dark bands, dorsocentrals in partly double row and apex of superior volsella rounded. The species is the first Pseudochironomus species to be formally recorded and described from the Caribbean. In addition, a new record of Manoa pahayokeensis Jacobsen & Perry, 2002 from the Dominican Republic is given. One specimen was DNA-barcoded and the barcode is given.

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