Zavreliella marmorata (Wulp, 1858)

Cao, Yanmin & Tang, Hongqu, 2017, Taxonomic Review of Zavreliella Kieffer from East Asia, Zoological studies (Zool. Stud.) 56 (5), pp. 1-10 : 7

Zavreliella marmorata (v. d. Wulp, 1859)

Chironomus marmorata Wulp, 1859: 166 .

Chironomus (Lauterborniella) marmorata: Edwards 1929: 405 .

Lauterborniella (Zavreliella) marmorata: Goetghebuer 1939: 48 ; Wang 1977: 232.

Zavreliella marmorata: Lenz 1941: 55 ; Reiss 1990: 94; Ashe and Cranston 1991: 316. For other synonyms, see Reiss (1990: 91).

Diagnosis: Z. marmorata can be separated from others by the following combination: superior volsella with a weak lateral lobe and 2 subequal setae in the inner margin; gonostylus broad in the middle section.

Material examined: 1 male, Hubei Province, Jingzhou City, Hong Lake, 15-vii-2013, leg. Y.M. Cao; 1 female, 1 pupa, Guangdong Province, Guangzhou City, Liuxihe Reservoir, 03-x-2015, leg. H.Q. Tang.

Distribution: East Asia ( China: Hubei, Guangdong and Yunnan Provinces), South Asia ( India and Sri Lanka), South-East Asia ( Indonesia), Europe and North America.

Remarks: In China, the species was previously known only from Hubei and Yunnan Provinces, and we now add a new record from Guangdong Province. This species will probably be found to have a broad distribution in China with further extensive survey.