Harnischia angularis Albu & Botnariuc, 1966

Yan, Chun-Cai, Guo, Qin, Liu, Ting, Guo, Wei, Wang, Xin-Hua & Pan, Bao-Ping, 2016, Review of the genus Harnischia Kieffer from China (Diptera, Chironomidae), with description of one new species, ZooKeys 634, pp. 79-99 : 81

Taxon classification Animalia Diptera Chironomidae

Harnischia angularis Albu & Botnariuc, 1966 Fig. 1

Harnischia angularis : Albu and Botnariuc 1966: 54; Wang 1999: 169; Wang 2000: 644; Makarchenko et al. 2005: 410.

Harnischia hamata : Wang et al. 1993: 461; Wang 1999: 169. Syn. n.

Type locality.

Romania.

Material examined.

China: 1♂, Yunnan Province, Huaping Country, Xinzhuang Town, Liangma River, 30.05.1996, sweep net, X. Wang; 1♂, Ningxia, Yinchuan City, 26.07.1987, Wang; 2♂♂, Xinjiang, Buerjin Hotel, 1.09.2002, light trap, H. Tang.

Diagnostic characters.

Frontal tubercles absent. R1 without microtrichia. Tibia of front leg with a subapical seta; posterior margin of tergite IX narrowed, anal point elongated, swollen medially, sharp and slender, without lateral setae. Anal tergite bands V-shaped, abruptly interrupted medially; gonocoxite with a projection in inner distal parts, bearing 5 strong setae and covered with microtrichia. Gonostylus slightly swollen distally, with hook-like apical teeth at the apex.

Distribution.

China (Yunnan, Ningxia, Xinjiang); Russian Far-East; Germany, Yugoslavia, Romania, Italy.

Remarks.

The species can be easily distinguished by gonostylus with strong hook-like apical teeth. We agree with Wang (1999), who considered Harnischia hamata Wang & Zheng as a synonym of Harnischia angularis Albu & Botnariuc.