Metriocnemus (Metriocnemus) tamaokui Sasa

Li, Xing & Wang, Xin-hua, 2014, New species and records of Metriocnemus van der Wulp s. str. from China (Diptera, Chironomidae), ZooKeys 387, pp. 73-87 : 81

Metriocnemus (Metriocnemus) tamaokui Sasa

Metriocnemus tamaokui Sasa, 1983: 77

Material examined.

CHINA: Sichuan Province, Daocheng City, Sangdui County, 29°11'28"N, 100°6'32"E, 1 male, 11.vi.1996, sweep net, X. Wang. Yunnan Province, Dali County, Yinqiao, 25°45'10"N, 109°5'12"E, 1 male, 21.v.1996, light trap, B. Wang. Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Yining City, Saimuli Lake, 44°37'26"N, 81°12'28"E, 1 male, 30.vii.2000, light, trap, N. Tang.

Remarks.

The species has an AR = 1.13; very long palp; wing with numerous macrotrichia; ta1 and ta2 of mid and hind leg each with 2 pseudospurs; virga composed of nearly 20 spines; anal point robust, partly parallel–sided; a strongly projecting, rectangular inferior volsella in basal half of the gonocoxite; and a triangular, preapical crista dorsalis.

Distribution.

The species was described from Japan ( Sasa 1983), and it is a newly recorded in China. It is known from both Oriental and Palaearctic China.