New records of non-biting midges (Diptera: Chironomidae) from springs and streams of the Ukrainian Carpathians (Gorgany Massif)
V.A. Baranov & A.A. Przhiboro
Abstract. Seven species of Chironomidae (Diptera) are recorded from Ukraine for the first time: Krenopelopia binotata (Wiedemann, 1817), Chaetocladius gracilis Brundin, 1956, Limnophyes asquamatus Andersen, 1937, Paraphaenocladius exagitans monticola Strenzke, 1950, Thienemannia gracei (Edwards, 1929), T. gracilis Kieffer, 1909, and Micropsectra notescens (Walker, 1856). The record of C. laminatus Brundin, 1947 from Ukraine is confirmed. Adults of all species emerged from semiaquatic substrata (moss, litter) collected from mountain springs and streams in the Gorgany Massif of the Ukrainian Carpathians; C. gracilis, P. exagitans monticola and T. gracei are for the first time recorded from springs. The type specimens of C. gracilis are reexamined, and the lectotype is designated. Emendations are proposed to the diagnosis of the genus Thienemannia Kieffer, 1911 and to the diagnostic characters of the male of T. gracei.
Key words: non-biting midges, distribution, diagnostic characters, larval habitats, springs, streams, Ukraine, Carpathians, Diptera, Chironomidae, Chaetocladius, Thienemannia, new records
Zoosystematica Rossica, 2014, 23(1): 150-157 ▪ Published in print 25 June 2014
https://doi.org/10.31610/zsr/2014.23.1.150 ▪ Open full article 
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