Rheotanytarsus acerbus (Johannsen)

Wang, Xinhua & Guo, Yuhong, 2004, A review of the genus Rheotanytarsus Thienemann & Bause from China (Diptera: Chironomidae: Tanytarsini), Zootaxa 650, pp. 1-19 : 2

Rheotanytarsus acerbus (Johannsen)

Tanytarsus (Rheotanytarsus) acerbus Johannsen 1932: 547 (Fig. 37)

Rheotanytarsus acerbus (Johannsen) Chaudhuri, Datta & Mazumdar 1994: 151 ( Fig. 1 ), Kyerematen, Andersen & Saether 2000: 236 ( Figs. 2 D–G), Wang & Zheng 1993: 91 ( Figs. 5–6 ).

Material examined. 4 males, CHINA, Taiwan Province, Taipei City, Kuandu, Wetland. 20. X. 1988, Leg. C. J. W. Maa. 2 males, CHINA, Guangdong Province, Fengkai Country, Heishiding Natural Conservation, IV. 19. 1988. Light trap, Leg. X. Wang.

Rheotanytarsus acerbus (Johannsen) is described in detail by Kyerematen, Andersen & Saether 2000.

Distribution. The species was described by Johannsen in 1932 based on the specimen collected in Sumatra, Indonesia. The species has a typical oriental distribution, including records from West Bengual in India by Chaudhuri et al. and southern China (Guangdong and Taiwan provinces).

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 5. Figs. 1 – 3. Rheotanytarsus aphelus sp. n. Holotype, male imago: 1. Wing, 2. Hypopygium, 3. Median volsella. Figs. 4 – 5. Rheotanytarsus bullus sp. n. Holotype, male imago: 4. Wing, 5. Hypopygium