Metriocnemus (Metriocnemus) eurynotus (Holmgren)

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

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scientific name

Metriocnemus (Metriocnemus) eurynotus (Holmgren)
status

 

Metriocnemus (Metriocnemus) eurynotus (Holmgren) View in CoL

Chironomus obscuripes Holmgren, 1869: 8, preoccupied

Chironomus eurynotus Holmgren, 1883: 179

Metriocnemus eurynotus (Holmgren); Sæther (1995: 44); Wang (2000: 637)

Material examined.

CHINA: Gansu Province, Yuzhong County, 35°50'35"N, 104°6'45"E, 1 male, 8.viii.1993, light trap, X. Wang. Sichuan Province, Jinfo Mountain, 30°3'30"N, 103°53'15"E, 1 male, 9.v.1986, light trap, X. Wang.

Remarks.

The male can be recognized on the completely parallel–sided anal point with broad, rounded apex; and the sharply triangular crista dorsalis.

Distribution.

The species is recorded from the Nearctic, Palaearctic and Oriental regions ( Ashe and O’Connor 2012). The species has been collected in both Oriental and Palaearctic China.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Chironomidae

Genus

Metriocnemus