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#91
Established earlier / Re: Keys
Last post by Martin Spies - July 31, 2021, 03:27:16 PM2020
Cuppen, H., Gresens, S. E., Tempelman, D. (2020) Description of the larvae of Cricotopus festivellus (Kieffer 1906) and Cricotopus diversus (Boesel 1983) with keys to discrimination of larval, pupal and adult stages (Diptera: Chironomidae). CHIRONOMUS J. Chironomidae Res. 33: 4-16. [publd online (25.ii.2020)]
Fu, Y., Wang, X.-H., Fang, X.-L., Xiao, Y.-L., Fu, J., Lin, X.-L. (2020) Corynoneura Winnertz (Diptera, Chironomidae, Orthocladiinae) from Zhejiang Province, China. Zootaxa 4890(1): 83-96. [publd 1.xii.2020]
Fu, Y., Wang, X.-H., Fang, X.-L., Xiao, Y.-L., Lin, X.-L. (2020) Thienemanniella dapanensis (Diptera : Chironomidae : Orthocladiinae), a new species from Zhejiang Province, China, and redescription of two Thienemanniella species. Annls zool. fenn. 57: 209-214. [publd online 29.ix.2020]
Konar, S., Majumdar, U. (2020) Two new species of the genus Glyptotendipes Kieffer (Diptera: Chironomidae: Chironominae) from West Bengal India. Oriental Insects 55(3): 386-399. [publd online 8.xi.2020, with issue pagin. 3.vii.2021]
Lin, X.-L., Yu, H.-J., Wang, Q., Bu, W.-J., Wang, X.-H. (2020) DNA barcodes and morphology confirm a new species of Rheocricotopus (Psilocricotopus) orientalis group (Diptera: Chironomidae). Zootaxa 4768(2): 282-290. [publd 1.v.2020]
Liu, W., Cao, W., Zhao, C., Yan, Ch. (2020) Parachaetocladius squamula (Diptera, Chironomidae, Orthocladiinae), a new species from China. Annls zool. fenn. 57: 145-149. [publd online 15.vi.2020]
Makarchenko, E. A., Hansen, D. C. (2020) Pagastia (P.) donoliveri sp. nov.—a new Nearctic alpine stream chironomid species (Diptera: Chironomidae: Diamesinae) from the Beartooth Mountains, Wyoming, U.S.A. Zootaxa 4755(1): 171-176. [publd 23.iii.2020]
Moubayed-Breil, J. (2020) Pseudorthocladius ledoarei sp. n., a crenophilous species occurring in a cold karstic stream from eastern France [Diptera, Chironomidae]. Ephemera 21(2): 71-82.
Mukherjee, B., Mukherjee, T., Hazra, N. (2020) A new species of the genus Cryptotendipes Beck et Beck, 1969 (Diptera: Chironomidae) from India, with a world key to the males and tentative phylogenetic relationship. Zootaxa 4896(2): 201-223. [publd 21.xii.2020]
Mukherjee, T., Mukherjee, B., Hazra, N. (2020) Revision of the Oriental species of Polypedilum Kieffer (Diptera: Chironomidae) with their phylogenetic relationship. Zootaxa 4820(1): 31-69. [publd 27.vii.2020]
Namayandeh, A., Moubayed, J., Ghaderi, E., Beresford, D. V. (2020) A review of the genera Georthocladius Strenzke, 1941 and Parachaetocladius Wülker, 1959 (Chironomidae, Orthocladiinae): new species descriptions, and keys based on the morphological characters of adult male. Polish J. Ent. 89(2): 59-80. [orig. publd with erroneous vol. nr "90"]
Pinho, L. C., Silva, F. L. da (2020) Description of two new species of Polypedilum (Asheum) and immature stages of Polypedilum (A.) curticaudatum (Diptera: Chironomidae). Zootaxa 4759(2): 179-190. [publd 2.iv.2020]
Polukonova et al. (2015); see the "2015" section above.
Tang, H., Niitsuma, H. (2020) Review of the genus Amnihayesomyia Niitsuma (Diptera: Chironomidae: Tanypodinae), with descriptions of three new species from China. Zootaxa 4743(3): 411-418. [publd 26.ii.2020]
Cuppen, H., Gresens, S. E., Tempelman, D. (2020) Description of the larvae of Cricotopus festivellus (Kieffer 1906) and Cricotopus diversus (Boesel 1983) with keys to discrimination of larval, pupal and adult stages (Diptera: Chironomidae). CHIRONOMUS J. Chironomidae Res. 33: 4-16. [publd online (25.ii.2020)]
Fu, Y., Wang, X.-H., Fang, X.-L., Xiao, Y.-L., Fu, J., Lin, X.-L. (2020) Corynoneura Winnertz (Diptera, Chironomidae, Orthocladiinae) from Zhejiang Province, China. Zootaxa 4890(1): 83-96. [publd 1.xii.2020]
Fu, Y., Wang, X.-H., Fang, X.-L., Xiao, Y.-L., Lin, X.-L. (2020) Thienemanniella dapanensis (Diptera : Chironomidae : Orthocladiinae), a new species from Zhejiang Province, China, and redescription of two Thienemanniella species. Annls zool. fenn. 57: 209-214. [publd online 29.ix.2020]
Konar, S., Majumdar, U. (2020) Two new species of the genus Glyptotendipes Kieffer (Diptera: Chironomidae: Chironominae) from West Bengal India. Oriental Insects 55(3): 386-399. [publd online 8.xi.2020, with issue pagin. 3.vii.2021]
Lin, X.-L., Yu, H.-J., Wang, Q., Bu, W.-J., Wang, X.-H. (2020) DNA barcodes and morphology confirm a new species of Rheocricotopus (Psilocricotopus) orientalis group (Diptera: Chironomidae). Zootaxa 4768(2): 282-290. [publd 1.v.2020]
Liu, W., Cao, W., Zhao, C., Yan, Ch. (2020) Parachaetocladius squamula (Diptera, Chironomidae, Orthocladiinae), a new species from China. Annls zool. fenn. 57: 145-149. [publd online 15.vi.2020]
Makarchenko, E. A., Hansen, D. C. (2020) Pagastia (P.) donoliveri sp. nov.—a new Nearctic alpine stream chironomid species (Diptera: Chironomidae: Diamesinae) from the Beartooth Mountains, Wyoming, U.S.A. Zootaxa 4755(1): 171-176. [publd 23.iii.2020]
Moubayed-Breil, J. (2020) Pseudorthocladius ledoarei sp. n., a crenophilous species occurring in a cold karstic stream from eastern France [Diptera, Chironomidae]. Ephemera 21(2): 71-82.
Mukherjee, B., Mukherjee, T., Hazra, N. (2020) A new species of the genus Cryptotendipes Beck et Beck, 1969 (Diptera: Chironomidae) from India, with a world key to the males and tentative phylogenetic relationship. Zootaxa 4896(2): 201-223. [publd 21.xii.2020]
Mukherjee, T., Mukherjee, B., Hazra, N. (2020) Revision of the Oriental species of Polypedilum Kieffer (Diptera: Chironomidae) with their phylogenetic relationship. Zootaxa 4820(1): 31-69. [publd 27.vii.2020]
Namayandeh, A., Moubayed, J., Ghaderi, E., Beresford, D. V. (2020) A review of the genera Georthocladius Strenzke, 1941 and Parachaetocladius Wülker, 1959 (Chironomidae, Orthocladiinae): new species descriptions, and keys based on the morphological characters of adult male. Polish J. Ent. 89(2): 59-80. [orig. publd with erroneous vol. nr "90"]
Pinho, L. C., Silva, F. L. da (2020) Description of two new species of Polypedilum (Asheum) and immature stages of Polypedilum (A.) curticaudatum (Diptera: Chironomidae). Zootaxa 4759(2): 179-190. [publd 2.iv.2020]
Polukonova et al. (2015); see the "2015" section above.
Tang, H., Niitsuma, H. (2020) Review of the genus Amnihayesomyia Niitsuma (Diptera: Chironomidae: Tanypodinae), with descriptions of three new species from China. Zootaxa 4743(3): 411-418. [publd 26.ii.2020]
#92
Recently published / Re: Chironominae - new taxa
Last post by Martin Spies - July 31, 2021, 03:25:18 PM2020
Baranov, V., Pinho, L. C., Roszkowska, M., Kaczmarek, L. (2020) New records of Polypedilum Kieffer, 1912 from Ecuador, with description of a new species (Diptera, Chironomidae). Spixiana 43(1): 127-136. [publd 10.xi.2020]
Belyanina, S. I., Filinkova, T. N. (2020) Morfologiya lichinki i kariotip Chironomus tschubarevae sp. n. (Diptera, Chironomidae) s poluostrova Yamal, Severnyi Ledovityi okean. (Larval morphology and kariotype[sic!] of Chironomus tschubarevae sp. n. (Chironomidae, Diptera) from the Yamal Peninsula, Arctic Ocean). Zool. Zh. 99(12): 1411-1414. [in Russian, with English abstract]
Cranston, P. S. (2020) Life histories of Paucispinigera Freeman, Paraborniella Freeman and Paratendipes Kieffer (Diptera: Chironomidae) with phylogenetic considerations. Zootaxa 4853(4): 527-547. [publd 24.ix.2020]
Dantas, G. P. S., Araujo, A. A. H., Hamada, N. (2020) A new species of Rheotanytarsus Thienemann & Bause (Diptera: Chironomidae) from Peruvian Andes, with updated key to South American species. Zootaxa 4722(2): 195-200. [publd 13.i.2020]
Han, W., Wei, J., Lin, X., Tang, H. (2020) The Afro–Oriental genus Yaeprimus Sasa et Suzuki (Diptera: Chironomidae: Chironomini): Phylogeny, new species and expanded diagnoses. Diversity 12(1, paper 31): 1-19. [publd 15.i.2020]
Konar, S., Majumdar, U. (2020) Two new species of the genus Glyptotendipes Kieffer (Diptera: Chironomidae: Chironominae) from West Bengal India. Oriental Insects 55(3): 386-399. [publd online 8.xi.2020, with issue pagin. 3.vii.2021]
Lin, X.-L., Yu, H.-J., Zhang, R.-L., Wang, X.-H. (2020) XIAO-LONG LIN, HAI-JUN YU, RUI-LEI ZHANG & XIN-HUA WANG (2019) Polypedilum (Cerobregma) heberti sp. n. (Diptera: Chironomidae) from Gaoligong Mountains, Yunnan, China. Zootaxa, 4571: 255–262. Zootaxa 4852(4): 500. [publd 17.ix.2020]
Moubayed-Breil, J. (2020) Polypedilum (Uresipedilum) bernardae sp. nov. and P. (Ur.) claudei sp. nov., two new species from eastern France [Diptera, Chironomidae]. Ephemera 21(2): 83-95. [CAUTION! Based on the information given in the paper, and on purported type material deposited at the ZSM - not least on the male hypopygia and antennae with 11 flagellomeres - it is beyond any reasonable doubt that the species do not belong to Polypedilum but to 'Einfeldia sensu lato'. Within the latter old grouping, which includes members of several current genus-level taxa (e.g. Benthalia, Chironomus (Lobochironomus), Einfeldia s. str.), the proposed species names are quite likely to end up as nothing but junior synonyms. The same applies to two names proposed for similar species in Moubayed-Breil & Langton (2020) and Moubayed & Langton (2022), respectively.]
Moubayed-Breil, J., Langton, P. (2020) Polypedilum (Uresipedilum) tissoti sp. n., a new species occurring in alkaline peat bogs and wet sedge meadows in north eastern France [Diptera, Chironomidae, Chironominae]. Ephemera 21(1): 1-10. [CAUTION! Based on the information given in the paper, and on purported type material deposited at the ZSM - not least on the male hypopygium and the antenna with 11 flagellomeres - it is beyond any reasonable doubt that the species does not belong to Polypedilum but to 'Einfeldia sensu lato'. Within the latter old grouping, which includes members of several current genus-level taxa (e.g. Benthalia, Chironomus (Lobochironomus), Einfeldia s. str.), the proposed species name is quite likely to end up as nothing but a junior synonym. The same applies to three similar species proposed in Moubayed-Breil (2020) and Moubayed & Langton (2022), respectively.
Mukherjee, B., Mukherjee, T., Hazra, N. (2020) A new species of the genus Cryptotendipes Beck et Beck, 1969 (Diptera: Chironomidae) from India, with a world key to the males and tentative phylogenetic relationship. Zootaxa 4896(2): 201-223. [publd 21.xii.2020]
Mukherjee, T., Mukherjee, B., Hazra, N. (2020) Revision of the Oriental species of Polypedilum Kieffer (Diptera: Chironomidae) with their phylogenetic relationship. Zootaxa 4820(1): 31-69. [publd 27.vii.2020]
Pinho, L. C., Silva, F. L. da (2020) Description of two new species of Polypedilum (Asheum) and immature stages of Polypedilum (A.) curticaudatum (Diptera: Chironomidae). Zootaxa 4759(2): 179-190. [publd 2.iv.2020]
Qi, X., Song, Ch., Ge, K., Wang, X. (2020) Polypedilum (Cerobregma) paracyclus sp. n., a new species from Oriental China (Diptera: Chironomidae). Zootaxa 4881(1): 189-195. [publd 18.xi.2020]
Song, Ch., Andersen, T., Yan, Ch., Qi, X., Wang, X. (2020) A new species of Cryptotendipes Beck & Beck, 1969 (Diptera: Chironomidae) from Hainan Island, Oriental China. Pan-Pacific Ent. 96(4): 253-257. [publd 30.xii.2020]
Song, Ch., Wang, X., Bu, W., Qi, X. (2020) Morphology lies: a case-in-point with a new non-biting midge species from Oriental China (Diptera, Chironomidae). ZooKeys 909: 67-77. [The species name proposed as new looks to be a junior synonym of Kiefferulus nodulosus (Hashimoto in Hashimoto et al., 1981).]
Baranov, V., Pinho, L. C., Roszkowska, M., Kaczmarek, L. (2020) New records of Polypedilum Kieffer, 1912 from Ecuador, with description of a new species (Diptera, Chironomidae). Spixiana 43(1): 127-136. [publd 10.xi.2020]
Belyanina, S. I., Filinkova, T. N. (2020) Morfologiya lichinki i kariotip Chironomus tschubarevae sp. n. (Diptera, Chironomidae) s poluostrova Yamal, Severnyi Ledovityi okean. (Larval morphology and kariotype[sic!] of Chironomus tschubarevae sp. n. (Chironomidae, Diptera) from the Yamal Peninsula, Arctic Ocean). Zool. Zh. 99(12): 1411-1414. [in Russian, with English abstract]
Cranston, P. S. (2020) Life histories of Paucispinigera Freeman, Paraborniella Freeman and Paratendipes Kieffer (Diptera: Chironomidae) with phylogenetic considerations. Zootaxa 4853(4): 527-547. [publd 24.ix.2020]
Dantas, G. P. S., Araujo, A. A. H., Hamada, N. (2020) A new species of Rheotanytarsus Thienemann & Bause (Diptera: Chironomidae) from Peruvian Andes, with updated key to South American species. Zootaxa 4722(2): 195-200. [publd 13.i.2020]
Han, W., Wei, J., Lin, X., Tang, H. (2020) The Afro–Oriental genus Yaeprimus Sasa et Suzuki (Diptera: Chironomidae: Chironomini): Phylogeny, new species and expanded diagnoses. Diversity 12(1, paper 31): 1-19. [publd 15.i.2020]
Konar, S., Majumdar, U. (2020) Two new species of the genus Glyptotendipes Kieffer (Diptera: Chironomidae: Chironominae) from West Bengal India. Oriental Insects 55(3): 386-399. [publd online 8.xi.2020, with issue pagin. 3.vii.2021]
Lin, X.-L., Yu, H.-J., Zhang, R.-L., Wang, X.-H. (2020) XIAO-LONG LIN, HAI-JUN YU, RUI-LEI ZHANG & XIN-HUA WANG (2019) Polypedilum (Cerobregma) heberti sp. n. (Diptera: Chironomidae) from Gaoligong Mountains, Yunnan, China. Zootaxa, 4571: 255–262. Zootaxa 4852(4): 500. [publd 17.ix.2020]
Moubayed-Breil, J. (2020) Polypedilum (Uresipedilum) bernardae sp. nov. and P. (Ur.) claudei sp. nov., two new species from eastern France [Diptera, Chironomidae]. Ephemera 21(2): 83-95. [CAUTION! Based on the information given in the paper, and on purported type material deposited at the ZSM - not least on the male hypopygia and antennae with 11 flagellomeres - it is beyond any reasonable doubt that the species do not belong to Polypedilum but to 'Einfeldia sensu lato'. Within the latter old grouping, which includes members of several current genus-level taxa (e.g. Benthalia, Chironomus (Lobochironomus), Einfeldia s. str.), the proposed species names are quite likely to end up as nothing but junior synonyms. The same applies to two names proposed for similar species in Moubayed-Breil & Langton (2020) and Moubayed & Langton (2022), respectively.]
Moubayed-Breil, J., Langton, P. (2020) Polypedilum (Uresipedilum) tissoti sp. n., a new species occurring in alkaline peat bogs and wet sedge meadows in north eastern France [Diptera, Chironomidae, Chironominae]. Ephemera 21(1): 1-10. [CAUTION! Based on the information given in the paper, and on purported type material deposited at the ZSM - not least on the male hypopygium and the antenna with 11 flagellomeres - it is beyond any reasonable doubt that the species does not belong to Polypedilum but to 'Einfeldia sensu lato'. Within the latter old grouping, which includes members of several current genus-level taxa (e.g. Benthalia, Chironomus (Lobochironomus), Einfeldia s. str.), the proposed species name is quite likely to end up as nothing but a junior synonym. The same applies to three similar species proposed in Moubayed-Breil (2020) and Moubayed & Langton (2022), respectively.
Mukherjee, B., Mukherjee, T., Hazra, N. (2020) A new species of the genus Cryptotendipes Beck et Beck, 1969 (Diptera: Chironomidae) from India, with a world key to the males and tentative phylogenetic relationship. Zootaxa 4896(2): 201-223. [publd 21.xii.2020]
Mukherjee, T., Mukherjee, B., Hazra, N. (2020) Revision of the Oriental species of Polypedilum Kieffer (Diptera: Chironomidae) with their phylogenetic relationship. Zootaxa 4820(1): 31-69. [publd 27.vii.2020]
Pinho, L. C., Silva, F. L. da (2020) Description of two new species of Polypedilum (Asheum) and immature stages of Polypedilum (A.) curticaudatum (Diptera: Chironomidae). Zootaxa 4759(2): 179-190. [publd 2.iv.2020]
Qi, X., Song, Ch., Ge, K., Wang, X. (2020) Polypedilum (Cerobregma) paracyclus sp. n., a new species from Oriental China (Diptera: Chironomidae). Zootaxa 4881(1): 189-195. [publd 18.xi.2020]
Song, Ch., Andersen, T., Yan, Ch., Qi, X., Wang, X. (2020) A new species of Cryptotendipes Beck & Beck, 1969 (Diptera: Chironomidae) from Hainan Island, Oriental China. Pan-Pacific Ent. 96(4): 253-257. [publd 30.xii.2020]
Song, Ch., Wang, X., Bu, W., Qi, X. (2020) Morphology lies: a case-in-point with a new non-biting midge species from Oriental China (Diptera, Chironomidae). ZooKeys 909: 67-77. [The species name proposed as new looks to be a junior synonym of Kiefferulus nodulosus (Hashimoto in Hashimoto et al., 1981).]
#93
Microscopy, micro-photography / Re: Specimens in fluid
Last post by Martin Spies - July 13, 2021, 12:58:32 PMPublications up until 2021
[chironomid-specific content not required here]
Wanke, D., Bigalk, S., Krogmann, L., Wendt, I., Rajaei, H. (2019) The Fixator—A simple method for mounting of arthropod specimens and photography of complex structures in liquid. Zootaxa 4657(2): 385-391.
Wanke, D., Ulmer, J. M., Wendt, I., Rajaei, H. (2021) Updates on the Fixator—Facilitating the investigation, mounting, and photography of structures and specimens in liquid. Zootaxa 4999(4): 397-400.
[chironomid-specific content not required here]
Wanke, D., Bigalk, S., Krogmann, L., Wendt, I., Rajaei, H. (2019) The Fixator—A simple method for mounting of arthropod specimens and photography of complex structures in liquid. Zootaxa 4657(2): 385-391.
Wanke, D., Ulmer, J. M., Wendt, I., Rajaei, H. (2021) Updates on the Fixator—Facilitating the investigation, mounting, and photography of structures and specimens in liquid. Zootaxa 4999(4): 397-400.
#94
Microscopy, micro-photography / Specimens in fluid
Last post by Martin Spies - July 13, 2021, 12:53:14 PMThis topic is about methods for microscopic study and imaging of specimens in fluid.
#95
Various topics / Re: INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM IN...
Last post by Martin Spies - June 22, 2021, 10:52:38 AMNew information concerning the 21st International Symposium has just been published:
Cornette, R. (2021) The 21st International Symposium on Chironomidae – 2022. CHIRONOMUS J. Chironomidae Res. 34: 1 p.
https://www.ntnu.no/ojs/index.php/chironomus/article/view/4059/3747
Cornette, R. (2021) The 21st International Symposium on Chironomidae – 2022. CHIRONOMUS J. Chironomidae Res. 34: 1 p.
https://www.ntnu.no/ojs/index.php/chironomus/article/view/4059/3747
#96
Chironomidae bibliography / Works on various general subje...
Last post by Martin Spies - May 28, 2021, 09:53:42 AM2021
Whitmore, D., Gaimari, S. D., Nihei, S. S., Evenhuis, N. L., Kurina, O., Borkent, C. J., Sinclair, B. J., O'Hara, J. E., Zhang, Zh.-Q., Moulton, J. K., Ribeiro, G. C., Bickel, D. J., Giłka, W., Andersen, T., Rossaro, B., Whittington, A. E., Lamas, C. J. E., Heller, K., Kehlmaier, C., Courtney, G. W., Kerr, P. H., Blagoderov, V. (2021) Review. Twenty years of dipterology through the pages of Zootaxa. Zootaxa 4979(1): 166-189. [publd 28.v.2021; https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4979.1.17/44112]
Whitmore, D., Gaimari, S. D., Nihei, S. S., Evenhuis, N. L., Kurina, O., Borkent, C. J., Sinclair, B. J., O'Hara, J. E., Zhang, Zh.-Q., Moulton, J. K., Ribeiro, G. C., Bickel, D. J., Giłka, W., Andersen, T., Rossaro, B., Whittington, A. E., Lamas, C. J. E., Heller, K., Kehlmaier, C., Courtney, G. W., Kerr, P. H., Blagoderov, V. (2021) Review. Twenty years of dipterology through the pages of Zootaxa. Zootaxa 4979(1): 166-189. [publd 28.v.2021; https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4979.1.17/44112]
#97
Clearing and slide-mounting / Re: Clearing / Macerating
Last post by Martin Spies - April 17, 2021, 09:41:52 AMBoucher, S. (2019) Cautionary notes about the use of lactic acid for clearing Diptera genitalia. Fly Times 63: 18-24. [http://www.nadsdiptera.org/News/FlyTimes/issue63.pdf]
#98
Uncertain / Unpublished / Psectrocladius or Nanocladius ...
Last post by Laci Hamerlik - April 15, 2021, 11:47:13 AMDear all,
this head capsule was found in a sediment of a man-made reservoir in Slovakia. At first glance we identified it as Psectrocladius but giving it a second look, I see certain similarity with Nanocladius branchicolus... I have never seen the larva of it though. Could someone who is familiar with the species (-type) give me opinion on this?
Thanks!
Keep healthy
Laci
this head capsule was found in a sediment of a man-made reservoir in Slovakia. At first glance we identified it as Psectrocladius but giving it a second look, I see certain similarity with Nanocladius branchicolus... I have never seen the larva of it though. Could someone who is familiar with the species (-type) give me opinion on this?
Thanks!
Keep healthy
Laci
#99
Adults / Leg ratios > 1 on all legs
Last post by Martin Spies - April 13, 2021, 09:52:17 AMDear colleague,
Tang & Cranston (2019 in Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 67: 684-693) recently established the tribe Chironominae - Xiaomyiini, which currently includes the genera Xiaomyia Sæther & Wang, 1993 and Shangomyia Sæther & Wang, 1993. One of the diagnostic characteristics of adults of both sexes in this tribe is that the leg ratios (length of tarsomere 1 / length of tibia) are substantially greater than 1 on all legs, and especially so on the mid and hind legs.
If you are aware of any chironomid adult other than those in Xiaomyiini that shows similar leg ratios, please let me know by sending e-mail to spies@snsb.de.
Thanks and best wishes,
Martin Spies
SNSB - ZSM, Munich, Germany
Tang & Cranston (2019 in Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 67: 684-693) recently established the tribe Chironominae - Xiaomyiini, which currently includes the genera Xiaomyia Sæther & Wang, 1993 and Shangomyia Sæther & Wang, 1993. One of the diagnostic characteristics of adults of both sexes in this tribe is that the leg ratios (length of tarsomere 1 / length of tibia) are substantially greater than 1 on all legs, and especially so on the mid and hind legs.
If you are aware of any chironomid adult other than those in Xiaomyiini that shows similar leg ratios, please let me know by sending e-mail to spies@snsb.de.
Thanks and best wishes,
Martin Spies
SNSB - ZSM, Munich, Germany
#100
Recently published / Re: Orthocladiinae - new taxa
Last post by Martin Spies - January 09, 2021, 01:22:53 PM2020
Fasbender, A. (2020) Oropuella, a new genus of Orthocladiinae from the western Nearctic. CHIRONOMUS J. Chironomidae Res. 33: 17-30. [publd online (12.ii.2020)]
Fu, Y., Wang, X.-H., Fang, X.-L., Xiao, Y.-L., Fu, J., Lin, X.-L. (2020) Corynoneura Winnertz (Diptera, Chironomidae, Orthocladiinae) from Zhejiang Province, China. Zootaxa 4890(1): 83-96. [publd 1.xii.2020]
Fu, Y., Wang, X.-H., Fang, X.-L., Xiao, Y.-L., Lin, X.-L. (2020) Thienemanniella dapanensis (Diptera : Chironomidae : Orthocladiinae), a new species from Zhejiang Province, China, and redescription of two Thienemanniella species. Annls zool. fenn. 57: 209-214. [publd online 29.ix.2020]
Imada, Y. (2020) A novel leaf-rolling chironomid, Eukiefferiella endobryonia sp. nov. (Diptera, Chironomidae, Orthocladiinae), highlights the diversity of underwater chironomid tube structures. ZooKeys 906: 73-111.
Lin, X.-L., Yu, H.-J., Wang, Q., Bu, W.-J., Wang, X.-H. (2020) DNA barcodes and morphology confirm a new species of Rheocricotopus (Psilocricotopus) orientalis group (Diptera: Chironomidae). Zootaxa 4768(2): 282-290. [publd 1.v.2020]
Liu, W., Cao, W., Zhao, C., Yan, Ch. (2020) Parachaetocladius squamula (Diptera, Chironomidae, Orthocladiinae), a new species from China. Annls zool. fenn. 57: 145-149. [publd online 15.vi.2020]
Makarchenko, E. A., Makarchenko, M. A. (2020) Novye dannye po taksonomii khironomid podsemeistva Orthocladiinae (Diptera, Chironomidae) rossiiskogo Dal'nego Vostoka i sopredel'nykh territorii. (New data on chironomid taxonomy of the Orthocladiinae subfamily (Diptera, Chironomidae) from the Russian Far East and bordering territories). Evraziat. Entomol. Zh. (= Euroas. Entomol. J.) 19(1): 38-46. [in Russian, with abstract and some other texts in English]
Moubayed-Breil, J. (2020) Georthocladius meluensis and G. techensis (Diptera : Chironomidae : Orthocladiinae), two new relict species inhabiting glacial springs and streams in Corsica and eastern Pyrenees. Annales zoologici fennici 57: 215-223. [publd online 9.x.2020]
Moubayed-Breil, J. (2020) Pseudorthocladius ledoarei sp. n., a crenophilous species occurring in a cold karstic stream from eastern France [Diptera, Chironomidae]. Ephemera 21(2): 71-82.
Namayandeh, A., Moubayed, J., Ghaderi, E., Beresford, D. V. (2020) A review of the genera Georthocladius Strenzke, 1941 and Parachaetocladius Wülker, 1959 (Chironomidae, Orthocladiinae): new species descriptions, and keys based on the morphological characters of adult male. Polish J. Ent. 89(2): 59-80. [orig. publd with erroneous vol. nr "90"]
Shimabukuro, E. M., Lamas, C. J. E., Pinho, L. C. (2020) Brazilian Diplosmittia Sæther: D. trifida sp. n. and new records of D. plaumanni Pinho, Mendes & Andersen, 2009 (Diptera: Chironomidae). Zootaxa 4885(1): 139-142. [publd 24.xi.2020]
Song, Ch., Zheng, J. Wang, X. Qi, X. (2020) A new species of Limnophyes Eaton (Diptera: Chironomidae) from Xizang, China. Zootaxa 4722(3): 295-300. [publd 14.i.2020]
Yu, H.-J., Lin, X.-L., Zhang, R.-L., Wang, Q., Wang, X.-H. (2020) Species delimitation and life stage association of Propsilocerus Kieffer, 1923 (Diptera, Chironomidae) using DNA barcodes. ZooKeys 975: 79-86. [publd 12.x.2020]
Fasbender, A. (2020) Oropuella, a new genus of Orthocladiinae from the western Nearctic. CHIRONOMUS J. Chironomidae Res. 33: 17-30. [publd online (12.ii.2020)]
Fu, Y., Wang, X.-H., Fang, X.-L., Xiao, Y.-L., Fu, J., Lin, X.-L. (2020) Corynoneura Winnertz (Diptera, Chironomidae, Orthocladiinae) from Zhejiang Province, China. Zootaxa 4890(1): 83-96. [publd 1.xii.2020]
Fu, Y., Wang, X.-H., Fang, X.-L., Xiao, Y.-L., Lin, X.-L. (2020) Thienemanniella dapanensis (Diptera : Chironomidae : Orthocladiinae), a new species from Zhejiang Province, China, and redescription of two Thienemanniella species. Annls zool. fenn. 57: 209-214. [publd online 29.ix.2020]
Imada, Y. (2020) A novel leaf-rolling chironomid, Eukiefferiella endobryonia sp. nov. (Diptera, Chironomidae, Orthocladiinae), highlights the diversity of underwater chironomid tube structures. ZooKeys 906: 73-111.
Lin, X.-L., Yu, H.-J., Wang, Q., Bu, W.-J., Wang, X.-H. (2020) DNA barcodes and morphology confirm a new species of Rheocricotopus (Psilocricotopus) orientalis group (Diptera: Chironomidae). Zootaxa 4768(2): 282-290. [publd 1.v.2020]
Liu, W., Cao, W., Zhao, C., Yan, Ch. (2020) Parachaetocladius squamula (Diptera, Chironomidae, Orthocladiinae), a new species from China. Annls zool. fenn. 57: 145-149. [publd online 15.vi.2020]
Makarchenko, E. A., Makarchenko, M. A. (2020) Novye dannye po taksonomii khironomid podsemeistva Orthocladiinae (Diptera, Chironomidae) rossiiskogo Dal'nego Vostoka i sopredel'nykh territorii. (New data on chironomid taxonomy of the Orthocladiinae subfamily (Diptera, Chironomidae) from the Russian Far East and bordering territories). Evraziat. Entomol. Zh. (= Euroas. Entomol. J.) 19(1): 38-46. [in Russian, with abstract and some other texts in English]
Moubayed-Breil, J. (2020) Georthocladius meluensis and G. techensis (Diptera : Chironomidae : Orthocladiinae), two new relict species inhabiting glacial springs and streams in Corsica and eastern Pyrenees. Annales zoologici fennici 57: 215-223. [publd online 9.x.2020]
Moubayed-Breil, J. (2020) Pseudorthocladius ledoarei sp. n., a crenophilous species occurring in a cold karstic stream from eastern France [Diptera, Chironomidae]. Ephemera 21(2): 71-82.
Namayandeh, A., Moubayed, J., Ghaderi, E., Beresford, D. V. (2020) A review of the genera Georthocladius Strenzke, 1941 and Parachaetocladius Wülker, 1959 (Chironomidae, Orthocladiinae): new species descriptions, and keys based on the morphological characters of adult male. Polish J. Ent. 89(2): 59-80. [orig. publd with erroneous vol. nr "90"]
Shimabukuro, E. M., Lamas, C. J. E., Pinho, L. C. (2020) Brazilian Diplosmittia Sæther: D. trifida sp. n. and new records of D. plaumanni Pinho, Mendes & Andersen, 2009 (Diptera: Chironomidae). Zootaxa 4885(1): 139-142. [publd 24.xi.2020]
Song, Ch., Zheng, J. Wang, X. Qi, X. (2020) A new species of Limnophyes Eaton (Diptera: Chironomidae) from Xizang, China. Zootaxa 4722(3): 295-300. [publd 14.i.2020]
Yu, H.-J., Lin, X.-L., Zhang, R.-L., Wang, Q., Wang, X.-H. (2020) Species delimitation and life stage association of Propsilocerus Kieffer, 1923 (Diptera, Chironomidae) using DNA barcodes. ZooKeys 975: 79-86. [publd 12.x.2020]