Dicrotendipes fusconotatus (Kieffer, 1922)

Qi, Xin, Lin, Xiao-Long & Wang, Xin-Hua, 2012, Review of Dicrotendipes Kieffer from China (Diptera, Chironomidae), ZooKeys 183, pp. 23-36 : 23

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.183.2834

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scientific name

Dicrotendipes fusconotatus (Kieffer, 1922)
status

 

Dicrotendipes fusconotatus (Kieffer, 1922)

Calochironomus fusconotatus Kieffer, 1922: 68.

Calochironomus grisseonotatus Kieffer, 1922: 69.

Dicrotendipes forkficula Kieffer, 1925: 298.

Dicrotendipes nilicola Kieffer, 1925: 300.

Chironomus (Dicrotendipes) fusconotatus : Freeman 1957: 362.

Dicrotendipes fusconotatus : Contreras-Lichtenberg 1986: 717.

Specimens examined.

China, Jiangxi: 5♂♂, Yongxiu County, Nanji Town, 28°56.42'N, 116°21.37'E, 12.vi.2004, Yan CC, light trap.

Remarks.

Chinese specimens mainly agree with the description of Freeman (1957), but vary in the coloration of the abdomen: the abdomen of the Chinese species is black; while in Freeman (1957), the abdomen is light green and the median of each abdominal tergite black.

Distribution.

China (Jiangxi Province); Belgium; Congo; Egypt; Israel; Kenya; Sudan; Zaire.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Chironomidae

Genus

Dicrotendipes