TY - JOUR
T1 - Taxonomic study on the subgenus uresipedilum (diptera: Chironomidae: Polypedilum), with description of a new species from the Yaeyama Islands, Okinawa, Japan
AU - Yamamoto, Nao
AU - Yamamoto, Masaru
AU - Hirowatari, Toshiya
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - As a result of a multi-year survey, we recognized four species including a new species of the subgenus Uresipedilum from the Yaeyama Islands, the Ryukyus, Japan. Polypedilum (Uresipedilum) paraconvictum sp. nov. is described. P. (U.) classiglobum Zhang et Wang (2004) P. (U.) bingoparadoxum Kawai et al. (1998) and P. (U.) iriofegeum Sasa et Suzuki (2000) are re-described. The first species is newly recorded from Japan, and the second species is new to the Ryukyus. The diagnostic characters of the subgenus are discussed.
AB - As a result of a multi-year survey, we recognized four species including a new species of the subgenus Uresipedilum from the Yaeyama Islands, the Ryukyus, Japan. Polypedilum (Uresipedilum) paraconvictum sp. nov. is described. P. (U.) classiglobum Zhang et Wang (2004) P. (U.) bingoparadoxum Kawai et al. (1998) and P. (U.) iriofegeum Sasa et Suzuki (2000) are re-described. The first species is newly recorded from Japan, and the second species is new to the Ryukyus. The diagnostic characters of the subgenus are discussed.
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U2 - 10.14712/23361964.2015.77
DO - 10.14712/23361964.2015.77
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85015286272
SN - 1805-0174
VL - 5
SP - 51
EP - 56
JO - European Journal of Environmental Sciences
JF - European Journal of Environmental Sciences
IS - 1
ER -