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First record of the genus Krenopelopia (Diptera: Chironomidae) from China, with a description of Krenopelopia wangi sp. nov.

  • 1. Engineering Research Center of Environmental DNA and Ecological Water Health Assessment, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, China. & Shanghai Universities Key Laboratory of Marine Animal Taxonomy and Evolution, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, China.

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Zhang, Zhi-Chao, Chen, Jun-Wei, Zhang, Yan, Lin, Xiao-Long (2025): First record of the genus Krenopelopia (Diptera: Chironomidae) from China, with a description of Krenopelopia wangi sp. nov. Zootaxa 5673 (2): 280-290, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.7, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.7

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