Corynoneura scutellata Winnertz

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 : 30-31

Corynoneura scutellata Winnertz

Corynoneura scutellata Winnertz, 1846: 13 ; Boesel and Winner 1980: 502; Hirvenoja and Hirvenoja 1988: 217; Schlee 1968b: 40.

Material examined: P. R. CHINA: Fujian Province, Liancheng County, Guanzhi Mountain, 25°43'N, 116°45'E, alt. 660 m, sweep net, 1 male, 4.v.1993, Xinhua Wang; Yunnan Province, Lijiang County, Heilongtan, 26°52'N, 100°15'E, alt. 2.400 m, sweep net, 1 male, 28.v.1996, Xinhua Wang; Tianjin City, Ji County, 40°3'N, 117°24'E, alt. 857 m, sweep net, 1 male, 15.ix.1987, Xinhua Wang; Tianjin City, Nankai University, 39°8'N, 117°12'E, alt. 2–5 m, sweep net, 6 males, 20.iv.1986, Xinhua Wang.

Diagnostic characters. Total length 1.07–1.82, 1.50 mm. Wing length 0.85–1.25, 1.03 mm. Antenna with 10 flagellomeres; apically acute; AR 0.74–1.1, 0.82. Posterior margin of tergite IX bilobed. Inferior volsella digitiform, with small inner lobe in middle part. 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. Winnertz (1846) established this species based on specimens from Poland. Hirvenoja and Hirvenoja (1988) redescribed the male, pupa and larva in detail. Schlee (1968b) redescribed the male based on specimens from Germany. Wang (2000: 635) listed this species from Liaoning Province, China.

Distribution. Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Moldova, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia including Novaya Zemlya and The Far East, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Turkey; Near East; Greenland, Canada, USA; Australia; Chile; Japan, Russian Far East and Tianjin, Fujian, and Yunnan Provinces, China. ( Oliver et al. 1990, Saether & Spies 2004). The species thus is recorded from all zoogeographical regions except the Afrotropical.