Dicrotendipes pelochloris (Kieffer, 1912)

Qi, Xin, Lin, Xiao-Long & Wang, Xin-Hua, 2012, Review of Dicrotendipes Kieffer from China (Diptera, Chironomidae), ZooKeys 183, pp. 23-36 : 24-25

Dicrotendipes pelochloris (Kieffer, 1912)

Tendipes pelochloris Kieffer, 1912: 39; Kieffer 1916: 113.

Limnochironomus niveicauda Kieffer, 1921: 585.

Chironomus (Limnochironomus) niveicauda : Johannsen 1932: 528.

Dicrotendipes niveicauda : Sublette and Sublette 1973: 404; Hashimoto et al. 1981: 13.

Chironomus inferior Johannsen, 1932: 534.

Cladotendipes inferior : Lenz 1937: 7.

Dicrotendipes inferior : Sublette and Sublette 1973 1973: 403.

Chironomus (Dicrotendipes) wirthi Freeman, 1961: 692.

Dicrotendipes pelochloris : Epler 1988: 134; Wanget al. 1990: 28; Wang 2000: 644.

Specimens examined.

China, Hainan: 2♂♂, Xinglong County, Huaqiao Farm, 18°43.27'N, 110°14.42'E, 21.v.1985, Wang XH, light trap; Hebei: 1♂, Qinhuangdao City, 39°55.53'N, 119°36.19'E, 4.vi.1985, Li HH, sweeping method; 3♂♂, Chicheng County, 40°54.16'N, 115°54.08'E, 21.vii.2001, Guo YH, light trap; Jiangxi: 2♂♂, Yongxiu County, Nanji Town, 28°56.42'N, 116°21.37'E, 12.vi.2004, Yan CC, light trap; Fujian: 11♂♂, Shanghang County, 25°02.32'N, 116°26.12'E, 6.v.1993, Wang XH, light trap; 2♂♂, Longyan City, 25°07.14'N, 117°02.20'E, 25.ix.2002, Liu Z, light trap; Guangxi: 4♂, Leye County, 24°47.30'N, 106°33.47'E, 24.vii.2004, Yu X, light trap; Guizhou: 2♂♂, Guiyang City, Huaxi, 26°24.32'N, 106°38.58'E, 23.vii.1995, Bu WJ, sweeping method; Taiwan: 2♂♂, Taibei City, 25°08.33'N, 121°36.57'E, 21.vii.2003, Wang XH, light trap.

Remarks.

The Chinese specimens mainly agree with the description by Epler (1988). According to Epler (1988), there was some variation in the coloration of the wing in Dicrotendipes pelochloris , from hyaline to dusky brown, or with diffuse brown cloud along R1, R4+5, M, Cu and An. The wings of Chinese specimens are hyaline, without markings. The Chinese specimens are smaller than the specimens described in Epler (1988). Some measured differences between the Chinese specimens and the specimens described by Epler (1988) are shown in Table 2.

Distribution.

China (Hainan, Hebei, Fujian, Guizhou, Jiangxi, Taiwan Province and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region); Australia; India; Indonesia; Japan; Pakistan; Philippines; South Korea.