Corynoneura lobata Edwards

Fu, Yue, Saether, Ole A. & Wang, Xinhua, 2009, Corynoneura Winnertz from East Asia, with a systematic review of the genus (Diptera: Chironomidae: Orthocladiinae), Zootaxa 2287, pp. 1-44 : 23

Corynoneura lobata Edwards

Corynoneura lobata Edwards, 1924: 186 ; Cranston and Oliver 1988: 430; Sasa 1988: 56; Sasa and Suzuki 1998: 17; Sasa and Suzuki 1999: 106; Schlee 1968b: 43; Tokunaga 1936: 42.

Material examined: CHINA: Liaoning Province, Kuandian County, 40°45'N, 124°46'E, alt. 400– 1.336 m, light trap, 1 male (BDN No. 07197), 22. iv.1992, Xinhua Wang; Ningxia Autonomous Region, Liupanshan County, 35°14'– 39°14'N, 104°17'– 109°39'E, alt. 1.100–1.200 m, light trap, 1 male (BDN No. 05345), 7.viii.1987, Xinhua Wang; Sichuan Province, Daocheng County, Sangdui, 29°11'N, 100°06'E, alt. 3943 m, light trap, 1 male (BDN No. 13410), 11.vi.1996, Xinhua Wang.

Diagnostic characters. Total length 1.34–1.65, 1.50 (2) mm. Wing length 0.85–1.05, 0.95 mm. Antenna with 10 flagellomeres, apex with short sensilla chaetica subapically, apically acute. AR 0.35–0.43, 0.39. C / wing length 0.25–0.29. Posterior margin of tergite IX weakly bilobed, inferior volsella digitiform, sternapodeme inverted V-shaped, attachment point with phallapodeme placed in caudal third of lateral sternapodeme and directed caudally; phallapodeme strongly curved with projection for joint with sternapodeme placed pre-lateral. Gonostylus curved apically.

Remarks. Edwards (1924) established this species based on specimens from England. Sasa 1988; Sasa & Suzuki (1998, 1999) recorded the species from Japan. Schlee (1968b) redescribed the male in detail based on material from Germany. Tokunaga (1936) redescribed the male and female based on Japanese specimen.

Distribution. Austria, Belgium, Denmark including the Faeroes, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands; the Near East; North Africa; Canada, USA; Japan; Liaoning Province and Ningxia Autonomous Region in Palaearctic China and Sichuan Province in Oriental China ( Oliver et al. 1990, Saether & Spies 2004).