New species of Limnophyes Eaton (Diptera, Chironomidae) from China and synonymy of L. fuscipygmus Tokunaga, 1940

Two new species, L. minerus Liu & Yan, sp. nov. and L. subtilus Liu & Yan, sp. nov. are described and illustrated as adult males. Limnophyes minimus (Meigen, 1818) is assigned as a senior synonym of L. minerus Tokunaga, 1940. A key to males of Limnophyes from China is presented.

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Autores principales: Liu, Wenbin, Zhao, Cong, Kong, Fanqing, Yan, Chuncai, Wang, Xinhua
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2021
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7835191/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33551649
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1011.58993
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author Liu, Wenbin
Zhao, Cong
Kong, Fanqing
Yan, Chuncai
Wang, Xinhua
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description Two new species, L. minerus Liu & Yan, sp. nov. and L. subtilus Liu & Yan, sp. nov. are described and illustrated as adult males. Limnophyes minimus (Meigen, 1818) is assigned as a senior synonym of L. minerus Tokunaga, 1940. A key to males of Limnophyes from China is presented.
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spelling pubmed-78351912021-02-04 New species of Limnophyes Eaton (Diptera, Chironomidae) from China and synonymy of L. fuscipygmus Tokunaga, 1940 Liu, Wenbin Zhao, Cong Kong, Fanqing Yan, Chuncai Wang, Xinhua Zookeys Research Article Two new species, L. minerus Liu & Yan, sp. nov. and L. subtilus Liu & Yan, sp. nov. are described and illustrated as adult males. Limnophyes minimus (Meigen, 1818) is assigned as a senior synonym of L. minerus Tokunaga, 1940. A key to males of Limnophyes from China is presented. Pensoft Publishers 2021-01-18 /pmc/articles/PMC7835191/ /pubmed/33551649 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1011.58993 Text en Wenbin Liu, Cong Zhao, Fanqing Kong, Chuncai Yan, Xinhua Wang http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
spellingShingle Research Article
Liu, Wenbin
Zhao, Cong
Kong, Fanqing
Yan, Chuncai
Wang, Xinhua
New species of Limnophyes Eaton (Diptera, Chironomidae) from China and synonymy of L. fuscipygmus Tokunaga, 1940
title New species of Limnophyes Eaton (Diptera, Chironomidae) from China and synonymy of L. fuscipygmus Tokunaga, 1940
title_full New species of Limnophyes Eaton (Diptera, Chironomidae) from China and synonymy of L. fuscipygmus Tokunaga, 1940
title_fullStr New species of Limnophyes Eaton (Diptera, Chironomidae) from China and synonymy of L. fuscipygmus Tokunaga, 1940
title_full_unstemmed New species of Limnophyes Eaton (Diptera, Chironomidae) from China and synonymy of L. fuscipygmus Tokunaga, 1940
title_short New species of Limnophyes Eaton (Diptera, Chironomidae) from China and synonymy of L. fuscipygmus Tokunaga, 1940
title_sort new species of limnophyes eaton (diptera, chironomidae) from china and synonymy of l. fuscipygmus tokunaga, 1940
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7835191/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33551649
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1011.58993
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