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Zavrelimyia (Schineriella) schineri

  • 1. Entomology Research Unit, Department of Zoology, The University of Burdwan, Burdwan, India, 713104 & rishi 2. deb @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 9535 - 9566
  • 2. Entomology Research Unit, Department of Zoology, The University of Burdwan, Burdwan, India, 713104 & tuharmukherjeeofficial @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 9449 - 5985
  • 3. Entomology Research Unit, Department of Zoology, The University of Burdwan, Burdwan, India, 713104 & hazra. niladri @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 8149 - 9445

Description

Zavrelimyia (Schineriella) schineri (Strobl, 1880)

Tanypus schineri Strobl, 1880: 55

Schineriella schineri (Strobl, 1880): Murray & Fittkau, 1988: 247

Zavrelimyia (Schineriella) schineri (Strobl, 1880): Silva & Ekrem, 2016: 82

Material examined. 1 male, INDIA: Arunachal Pradesh, Ron Hills, (27°56’N, 89°58’E), 23.V.1999, Coll. A. Mazumdar.

Remarks (Figure 3C). The specimen examined has AR 1.9, no R 2+3 vein, mid and hind legs each with 2 tibial spurs, LR 1 0.89, a hind tibial comb with 6 setae and fully conforms with that of Zavrelimyia (Schineriella) schineri (Strobl) in morphometry and hypopygium structures.

Distribution: Previously, the species was reported from the Palaearctic region (Ashe & O’Connor 2009). The record from India shows the distribution of this species as extending to the Oriental region.

Notes

Published as part of Mondal, Debarshi, Mukherjee, Tuhar & Hazra, Niladri, 2022, On a new species of the genus Zavrelimyia Fittkau, 1962 (Diptera: Chironomidae) from India with cladistic relationship and a world key to the known males, pp. 365-379 in Zootaxa 5154 (3) on page 370, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5154.3.9, http://zenodo.org/record/6644848

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Event date
1999-05-23
Verbatim event date
1999-05-23
Scientific name authorship
Strobl
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Diptera
Family
Chironomidae
Genus
Zavrelimyia
Species
schineri
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Zavrelimyia (Schineriella) schineri (Strobl, 1880) sec. Mondal, Mukherjee & Hazra, 2022

References

  • Strobl, P. G. (1880) Dipterologische Funden um Seitenstetten. Ein Beitrag zur Fauna Nieder-Osterreichs. XIV. Programm des K. K. Ober-Gymnasiums der Benedictiner zu Seitenstetten, Lenz, 65 pp.
  • Murray, D. A. & Fittkau, E. J. (1988) Schineriella schineri gen. nov. comb. nov., placement of Tanypus schineri Strobl 1880 (Diptera: Chironomidae). Spixiana, Supplement, 14, 247 - 252.
  • Silva, F. L. & Ekrem, T. (2016) Phylogenetic relationships of non-biting midges in the subfamily Tanypodinae (Diptera: Chironomidae) inferred from morphology. Systematic Entomology, 41, 73 - 92. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / syen. 12141
  • Ashe, P. & O'Connor, J. P. (2009) A World Catalogue of Chironomidae (Diptera). Part 1. Buchonomyiinae, Chilenomyiinae, Podonominae, Aphroteniinae, Tanypodinae, Usambaromyiinae, Diamesinae, Prodiamesinae and Telmatogetoninae. Irish Biogeographical Society and National Museum of Ireland, Dublin, 445 pp.