Chironomus (Chironomus) okinawanus Hasegawa et Sasa, 1987

Yamamoto, Nao & Yamamoto, Masaru, 2018, Taxonomic information on some Japanese Chironomidae (Diptera) described by Dr. M. Sasa (†), Zootaxa 4514 (4), pp. 516-528 : 520

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4514.4.5
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5973677
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scientific name	Chironomus (Chironomus) okinawanus Hasegawa et Sasa, 1987
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Chironomus (Chironomus) okinawanus Hasegawa et Sasa, 1987 View in CoL

Chironomus okinawanus Hasegawa et Sasa, 1987: 283 View in CoL .

Chironomus okicontractus Sasa, 1993: 125 View in CoL ; Yamamoto & Yamamoto 2014: 313. [Holotype: male, No. 246:01; holotype missing?].

Chironomus tokarabeceus Sasa et Suzuki, 1995: 258 View in CoL . syn. n.

Specimen examined: Japan: Kagoshima Pref., Tokara Isles , Nakanoshima Is., holotype ♂ of Chironomus tokarabeceus View in CoL , 20. v. 1994, H. Suzuki, [specimen No. 290:001 (NSMT-I-Dip 5010)] .

The following characters are recognized in the holotype of Chironomus tokarabeceus : abdominal tergites 2-6 each with a central dark patch and 3-7 the tergites each with paired dark lines along lateral margins; gonocoxite fused with SIX on its lateral portion. These features are consistent with those of C. okinawanus . We could not examine the holotype of C. okicontractus which has been probably missing. However, we could determine the species as C. okinawanus based on the original description.

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Diptera
Family	Chironomidae
Genus	Chironomus