Olecryptotendipes lenzi (Zorina)

Yan, Chun-Cai, Wang, Xin-Hua & Bu, Wen-Jun, 2012, Two new species of Olecryptotendipes Zorina, 2007 from China (Diptera, Chironomidae), ZooKeys 208, pp. 41-49 : 44

Olecryptotendipes lenzi (Zorina)

Cryptotendipes lenzi Zorina 2001: 31; Zorina 2007: 350; Yan et al. 2005: 4

Specimens examined.

China, Xinjiang Autonomous Region: 13♂♂, Kaba Altay, Baihualin Nature Conservation area, 48°03'39.05"N, 86°25'7.04"E, 15−16.vii.2002, Tang HQ, sweep net.

Diagnostic characters.

Based on Zorina (2001) and Yan et al. (2005), the species is easily distinguished from the other species of the genus by having shoulder-like posterior margin of tergite IX and digitiform superior volsella with a longitudinal keel.

Distribution.

This species is distributed in the Russian Far East and northwestern China.