Nilotanypus dubius (Meigen)

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Nilotanypus dubius (Meigen)

( Figs. 1–2 )

Tanypus dubius Meigen, 1804: 25 .

Tanypus pusillus Meigen, 1818: 62 .

Pentaneura dubia (Meigen) ; Edwards (1929: 295).

Ablabesmyia dubia (Meigen) ; Goetghebuer (1936: 40).

Nilotanypus dubius (Meigen) ; Fittkau (1962: 412–413), Wang (2000: 632).

Material examined

CHINA: Ningxia Autonomous Region, Guyuan County, Liupan Mountain Natural Conservation Area , 6.viii.1987, 19 males, light trap, X.H. Wang .

The species is described in detail by Fittkau (1962). The Chinese specimens have slightly lower LR 1 0.69–0.78, 0.74 (n = 19), LR 3 1.01–1.06, 1.03 (n = 19) and AR 0.4–0.54, 0.48 (n = 19) than the European specimens (LR 1 0.8, LR 3 1.1, AR 0.6), a higher LR 2 1.48–1.71, 1.55 (n = 19), and longer wing 1.64–1.94, 1.76 mm (n = 19) than the European specimens (LR 2 1.3–1.5, wing length 1.2–1.3 mm) described by Fittkau (1962).

Distribution

This species is distributed in Europe. In the revised checklist of the Chinese chironomids, Wang (2000) recorded the species from the Ningxia Province in

northwestern China. The present paper adds information on the exact locality of this record.

Figures

FIGURES 1–2. Nilotanypus dubius (Meigen), male. 1. Wing. 2. Hypopygium, ventral and dorsal view.