New records of Chironomidae (Diptera) of Tuvalu

Annales de Limnologie: International journal of limnology

Kiyoshi Satake¹  Ryuhei Ueno¹  Hiroya Yamano¹ 

[1] National Institute for Environmental Studies, 16-2, Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8506, Japan

关键词: Chironomidae;    Diptera;    Funafuti Atoll;    new species;    Tuvalu;   

DOI  :  10.1051/limn/2015001

学科分类：地球科学(综合)

来源: EDP Sciences

【 摘 要 】

Here we report the chironomid fauna of Tuvalu for the first time. Four species belonging to two subfamilies were collected on Fongafale Island. At least one species inhabited a freshwater environment. We describe male imagines of Compterosmittia longipalpis sp. n., Pseudosmittia tuvaluensis sp. n. and Pseudosmittia amplexivirga sp. n. We also describe the morphology of Chironomus sp. larvae inhabiting a wet taro swamp.

【 授权许可】

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