Rheocricotopus (Psilocricotopus) emeiensis Wang & Zheng, 1989

Liu, Wenbin, Lin, Xiaolong & Wang, Xinhua, 2014, A review of Rheocricotopus (Psilocricotopus) chalybeatus species group from China, with the description of three new species (Diptera, Chironomidae), ZooKeys 388, pp. 17-34 : 22

Rheocricotopus (Psilocricotopus) emeiensis Wang & Zheng, 1989

Rheocricotopus emeiensis Wang & Zheng, 1989: 311.

Rheocricotopus (Psilocricotopus) emeiensis Wang, 2000: 639, Ashe and O’Connor 2012: 563.

Specimens examined.

Type material: Holotype, ♂, Sichuan Province, Leshan City, Emei Mountain, 29°58'18"N, 103°29'15"E, 17.v.1986, sweeping, Wang XH.

Additional material: 1♂, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Haba County, 48°17'00"N, 86°42'00"E, 15.vii.2002, sweeping, Tang HQ; 2♂♂, Shaanxi Province, Hanzhong City, Liuba County, Xiaoliuba Village, 33°64'03"N, 106°90'31"E, 4.viii.1994, sweeping, Ji BC; 2♂♂, Shaanxi Province, Xi’an City, Zhouzhi County, Banfangzi, 33°81'84"N, 107°99'64"E, 7.viii.1994, light trap, Ji BC; 2♂♂, Shaanxi Province, Xi’an City, Zhouzhi County, Banfangzi, 33°81'84"N, 107°99'64"E, 10.viii.1994, light trap, Ji BC; 1♂, Yunnan Province, Kunming City, Fumin County, 25°22'61"N, 102°52'32"E, 1.vi.1996, sweeping, Wang XH; 1♂, Yunnan Province, Kunming City, Yiliang County, 24°92'24"N, 103°13'95"E, 2.vi.1996, sweeping, Wang XH; 1♂, Fujian Province, Xiamen City, 24°48'24"N, 118°08'44"E, 15.v.1993, sweeping, Bu WJ; 1♂, Guizhou Province, Guiyang City, 26°60'17"N, 106°70'36"E, 10.vii.1995, light trap, Bu WJ; 1♂, Guizhou Province, Guiyang City, Huaxi District, 26°41'34"N, 106°66'66"E, 23.vii.1995, sweeping, Bu WJ.

Diagnosis.

This species can be separated from other members of the group by the following combination of characters: R bare; anal point short, pointed distally.

Remarks.

The additional specimens are similar to the description of Wang and Zheng (1989). The species is recorded from Palearctic Region for the first time.

Distribution.

China (Fujian, Guizhou, Sichuan, Shaanxi and Yunnan Provinces, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region)