Taxon classification Animalia Diptera Chironomidae

Harnischia turgidula Wang & Zheng, 1993 Fig. 9

Harnischia turgidula : Wang and Zheng 1993: 460; Wang 1999: 172; Wang 2000: 644; Makarchenko et al. 2005: 410.

Type locality.

China (Guangdong).

Material examined.

China: 4 ♂♂, Hunan Province, Yizhang County, Mang Mountain Natural Conservation area, Elevation 1200 m, 22.07.2004, Light trap, C. Yan; 4 ♂♂, Hunan Province, Yizhang County, Mang Mountain Natural Conservation area, Elevation 1280 m, 22.07.2004, Sweep net, Yan; 1 ♂, Guangdong Province, Fengkai County, Heishiding Mountain Natural Conservation area, 20.04.1988, Sweep net, Wang; 1 ♂, Guangxi Province, Longsheng, 26.05.1990, Wang; 1 ♂, Yunnan Province, Dali City, Yinqiao Town, Elevation 2000 m, 21.05.1996, Water net, Wang.

Diagnostic characters.

AR 1.73-2.09. Frontal tubercles absent or small. R1 without microtrichia. Front tibia with a subapical long seta; tergite IX shoulder-like at the posterior margin. Anal point constricted in the middle and swollen at the apex, with median ridges; anal tergite bands “V” shaped, no fusion in the middle; gonocoxite with a degenerated and small projection in inner distal, bearing setae and microtrichia; gonostylus with a swelling bubble-like protrusion at base and carry microtrichia.

Distribution.

China (Hunan, Guangdong, Yunnan); Russian Far East.