Rheocricotopus (Psilocricotopus) taiwanensis Wang, Yan & Maa, 2004

Liu, Wenbin, Lin, Xiaolong & Wang, Xinhua, 2014, A review of Rheocricotopus (Psilocricotopus) chalybeatus species group from China, with the description of three new species (Diptera, Chironomidae), ZooKeys 388, pp. 17-34 : 28

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https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.388.6316

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scientific name

Rheocricotopus (Psilocricotopus) taiwanensis Wang, Yan & Maa, 2004
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Rheocricotopus (Psilocricotopus) taiwanensis Wang, Yan & Maa, 2004 View in CoL

Rheocricotopus (Psilocricotopus) taiwanensis Wang, Yan & Maa, 2004: 239, Ashe and O’Connor 2012: 567.

Specimens examined.

Type material: Holotype, ♂, Taiwan Province, Taipei City, Guandu, Wetland, 25°11'56"N, 121°47'14"E, 20.x.1988, sweeping, Maa CJ.

Diagnosis.

The adult male can be separated from other members of the group by the following combination of characters: all veins of wing bare; low AR (0.71); squama with 3 setae; very pronounced crista dorsalis.

Distribution.

China (Taiwan Province).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Chironomidae

Genus

Rheocricotopus

SubGenus

Psilocricotopus