Metriocnemus (Metriocnemus) dentipalpus Saether

Li, Xing & Wang, Xin-hua, 2014, New species and records of Metriocnemus van der Wulp s. str. from China (Diptera, Chironomidae), ZooKeys 387, pp. 73-87 : 79

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.387.6408

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:A5B797E4-01B3-4D65-963C-26FBDB741C33

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/B9B1D17C-B109-1A45-6EC0-C7322F7DA139

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scientific name

Metriocnemus (Metriocnemus) dentipalpus Saether
status

 

Metriocnemus (Metriocnemus) dentipalpus Saether View in CoL

Metriocnemus dentipalpus Sæther, 1995: 44

Material examined.

Holotype (ZMB No.145): CHINA: Tibet, Dingri, Chang Street, 28°39'31"N, 87°7'34"E, 1 male, 16.ix.1987, light trap, C. Deng.

Remarks.

The species is similar to Metriocnemus (Metriocnemus) brusti Sæther, 1989 and Metriocnemus (Metriocnemus) acutus Sæther, 1995 but can be separated on having 20 setae on vein M, an AR = 1.43, palp with a small apical tooth on each of palpomeres 3 and 4, anal point with concave margins and details of the hypopygium. Metriocnemus (Metriocnemus) brusti only have 0-14 setae and Metriocnemus (Metriocnemus) acutus without setae on vein M.

Distribution.

The species is known only from Tibet in Oriental China by Sæther (1995).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Chironomidae

Genus

Metriocnemus