Paratanytarsus dissimilis (Johannsen, 1905), 1960

Giłka, Wojciech & Gadawski, Piotr, 2022, Tanytarsini (Diptera: Chironomidae) collected during Polish expeditions to North Korea, Zootaxa 5214 (2), pp. 151-175 : 155

Paratanytarsus dissimilis (Johannsen, 1905) or P. inopertus (Walker, 1856)

Paratanytarsus confusus Palmen or inopertus (Walk.) : Reiss 1980: 149 ( North Korea).

Paratanytarsus dissimilis (Johannsen, 1905) : Langton et al. 1988: 319 (= confusus Palmén, 1960 ). Paratanytarsus dissimilis (Johannsen, 1905) & Paratanytarsus inopertus (Walker, 1856) : Giłka 2011a: 39, 40 (males in key, figs 122–131).

Remarks. The two specific names, including Paratanytarsus confusus , were alternatively mentioned by Reiss (1980), thus we assume that at least one species has been found in North Korea. Later synonymization of P. confusus with P. dissimilis enabled a clear definition of this species ( Langton et al. 1988). Diagnostic characters for adult males of the two sibling species, P. dissimilis and P. inopertus , compared Giłka (2011a) in the couplet 6 of the key for Paratanytarsus . Though both are eurytopic and widespread in the Holarctic ( Giłka 2011c), none has been confirmed in the presently examined material.