A review of the Japanese Cryptochironomus Kieffer, 1918 (Diptera, Chironomidae)
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Yan, Chuncai
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Liu, Ting
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Cao, Wei
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Zhao, Guangjun
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Liu, Wenbin
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ZooKeys
2018
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139
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.771.24220
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.771.24220
1313-2970-771-139
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Cryptochironomus jokaprimus Sasa & Ogata, 1999
Cryptochironomus jokaprimus
Sasa & Ogata, 1999: 86; Sasa and Suzuki 2001: 2.
Material examined.
Japan. Holotype, ♂ (No. 321: 37), at the side of a stream discharging water (the Kurobe Municipal Sewage Treatment Plant (Kurobe Joka Center)), in urban areas of Japan, 27.viii.1996, light trap.
Diagnostic characters.
Frontal tubercles prominent, roughly conical. Tergite IX rounded at the posterior margin. Anal point concave in its median portion, and parallel-sided to the apex, apically rounded. Superior volsella narrow at base and strongly expanded distally, bearing five strong setae, inferior volsella semicircular, gonostylus with small protrusion at apex.
Distribution.
Japan.