Cryptochironomus tamayoroi
A review of the Japanese Cryptochironomus Kieffer, 1918 (Diptera, Chironomidae)
Yan, Chuncai
Liu, Ting
Cao, Wei
Zhao, Guangjun
Liu, Wenbin
ZooKeys
2018
771
139
155
ZWGX
Sasa & Ichimori, 1983
Sasa & Ichimori
1983
Insecta
Chironomidae
Cryptochironomus
CoL
Animalia
Cryptochironomus tamayoroi
Diptera
6
145
Arthropoda
species
tamayoroi
Cryptochironomus tamayoroiSasa & Ichimori, 1983: 102; Sasa and Kawai 1987: 61
Material examined. Japan. Holotype, ♂ (No. 74: 01), Tama River, at the Yoroi Bridge, at Yoroi-bashi, Japan. 11. iii. 1982.
Diagnostic characters. AR 2.56. Frontal tubercles present; tergite IX bearing three setae, posterior margin tapering. Anal point parallel-sided. Anal tergite bands "V"-shaped. Superior volsella about twice as long as wide, with four long setae; inferior volsella extending well beyond posterior margin of superior volsella. Gonostylus wider at base and tapering towards apex, with one single apical seta.
Distribution. Japan.