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Rheotanytarsus tamaquartus Sasa
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Rheotanytarsus tamaquartus Sasa
Sasa 1980: 16 (Fig. 11), Wang & Zheng 1993: 89 (Figs. 1–2), Kyerematen, Andersen & Saether 2000: 238 (Figs 3 A–D)
Rheotanytarsus tamaquartus Sasa is described in detail by Wang & Zheng (1993).
Diagnostic characters. This species of the guineensis group is characterized by having the gonostylus abruptly tapered in the apical 1/5, anal point slender, parallelsided and with rounded apex, no anal crests, and median volsella with a large plate and overreaching the superior volsella.
Distribution. The species is known from Japan and Guangdong Province of China.
Notes
Published as part of Wang, Xinhua & Guo, Yuhong, 2004, A review of the genus Rheotanytarsus Thienemann & Bause from China (Diptera: Chironomidae: Tanytarsini), pp. 1-19 in Zootaxa 650 on page 9, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.158146
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Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Sasa
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Diptera
- Family
- Chironomidae
- Genus
- Rheotanytarsus
- Species
- tamaquartus
- Taxon rank
- species
References
- Sasa, M. (1980) Studies on chironomid midges of the Tama River. Part 2. Description of 20 species of Chironominae recovered from a tributary. Research Report from the National Institute for Environmental Studies, 13, 1 - 107.
- Wang, X. & Zheng, L. (1993) Taxonomic studies on Chironomidae from China VI. Genus Rheotanytarsus Thienemann & Bause (Diptera: Chironomidae). Acta Scientiarum Naturalium Universitatis Nankaiensis, 1, 89 - 93.