Rheotanytarsus muscicola Thienemann

Wang, Xinhua & Guo, Yuhong, 2004, A review of the genus Rheotanytarsus Thienemann & Bause from China (Diptera: Chironomidae: Tanytarsini), Zootaxa 650, pp. 1-19 : 9

Rheotanytarsus muscicola Thienemann

Rheotanytarsus muscicola Thienemann 1929: 114 , Lehman 1970: 362 ( Figs. 11–13 ), Reiss 1971: 208, Cranston 1974: 94, Albu 1980: 284 (Fig. 191), Wang and Zheng 1993: 90 ( Fig. 3 ).

Material examined. 1 male (BDN No. 08295), China, Shanxi Province, Feng Country, Qin Mountain, 1300m. 27. VII. 1994, Leg. W Bu. 1 male (BDN No. 03664), Fujian Province, Shanghang Country, Buyun Mountain. 6. V. 1993, Leg X Wang. 1 male (BDN No. 10784), Yunnan Province, Hutiaoxia. 26. V. 1996, Leg. Du. 1 male (BDN No. 01081), Shandong Province, Mouping Country, Nan Village. 28. VIII. 1988. Leg. X Wang. 1 male (BDN No. 09338), Yunnan Province, Huaze Country, Xin Village, Chahe. V. 30. 1996. 1 male (BDN No. 20229): M: China, Guangdong Province, Fengkai Country, Heishiding natural reservation. IV. 20. 1988.

Distribution. The species has a wide distribution in Europe, North Africa, and Canada (Holarctic Region). In China, it is distributed in Shandong, Shanxi (Palaearctic Region) and Fujian, Sichuan, Yunnan, Guangdong Provinces (Oriental Region). Our records are the first for the Oriental Region.

Figures

FIGURES 10 – 13. Figs. 10 – 11. Rheotanytarsus quadratus sp. n. Holotype, male imago: 10. Wing, 11. Hypopygium. Figs. 12 – 13. Rheotanytarsus apiculus sp. n. Holotype, male imago: 12. Wing, 13. Hypopygium

FIGURES 1 – 5. Figs. 1 – 3. Rheotanytarsus aphelus sp. n. Holotype, male imago: 1. Wing, 2. Hypopygium, 3. Median volsella. Figs. 4 – 5. Rheotanytarsus bullus sp. n. Holotype, male imago: 4. Wing, 5. Hypopygium