Rheotanytarsus aestuarius (Tokunaga)

Wang, Xinhua & Guo, Yuhong, 2004, A review of the genus Rheotanytarsus Thienemann & Bause from China (Diptera: Chironomidae: Tanytarsini), Zootaxa 650, pp. 1-19 : 4

Rheotanytarsus aestuarius (Tokunaga)

Tanytarsus (Rheotanytarsus) aestuarius Tokunaga 1938: 360 (Fig. 31)

Rheotanytarsus tumiclus Chaudhuri et al 1994: 153 ( Figs. 2–3 )

Rheotanytarsus aestuarius (Tokunaga) Kyerematen, Andersen & Saether 2000: 229 ( Figs. 1 A–D), Sasa & Kikuchi 1986: 26 ( Fig. 3 J), Sasa & Suzuki 1991: 98, Sasa, Kitami & Suzuki 2001: 14, Wang & Zheng 1993: 90 ( Fig. 4 ).

Material examined. 1 male (BDN No. 01080), China, Tianjin City, Ji County, Yuqiao Reservoir. V. 10. 1987. Leg. X. Wang, sweep net.

Diagnosis. This species is described in detail by Kyerematen, Andersen & Saether 2000.

Distribution. The species is known from Japan and India, and now it is recorded from China, Tianjin, Yuqiao Reservoir, a typical mesotrophic water body in Tianjin (Palaearctic China).

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