Cryptochironomus tamayoroi Sasa & Ichimori, 1983

Yan, Chuncai, Liu, Ting, Cao, Wei, Zhao, Guangjun & Liu, Wenbin, 2018, A review of the Japanese Cryptochironomus Kieffer, 1918 (Diptera, Chironomidae), ZooKeys 771, pp. 139-155 : 145

Cryptochironomus tamayoroi Sasa & Ichimori, 1983

Cryptochironomus tamayoroi Sasa & Ichimori, 1983: 102; Sasa and Kawai 1987: 61

Material examined.

Japan. Holotype, ♂ (No. 74: 01), Tama River, at the Yoroi Bridge, at Yoroi-bashi, Japan. 11. iii. 1982.

Diagnostic characters.

AR 2.56. Frontal tubercles present; tergite IX bearing three setae, posterior margin tapering. Anal point parallel-sided. Anal tergite bands “V” -shaped. Superior volsella about twice as long as wide, with four long setae; inferior volsella extending well beyond posterior margin of superior volsella. Gonostylus wider at base and tapering towards apex, with one single apical seta.

Distribution.

Japan.