Tanytarsus salmelai Giłka & Paasivirta, 2009, sp. n. ...

• Main Authors: Giłka, Wojciech, Paasivirta, Lauri
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2009
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Insecta; Diptera; Chironomidae; Tanytarsus; Tanytarsus salmelai; Canada; Jukka; Kittilä; Lauri; Salmela; Seta; Utsjoki; Lapland
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6222774; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.6222774

Tanytarsus salmelai sp. n. (Figs 3, 4, 15–18, 21, 24, 27) Type material. Holotype male, slide mounted in Canada balsam: Finland, Arcto-Alpine ecoregion, Aksonjunni, 36 km south of Nuorgam, Utsjoki, 2 July 2007. Paratypes. 1 male: same data as holotype; 2 males: Finland, Northern boreal ecoregion, Vasanvuoma near Kittilä, 26 June 2007; 2 males slide mounted in Euparal: Finland, Taljavaaranvuoma near Kittilä, 12 July 2007. Leg. J. Salmela. Derivation of the name. The specific name is dedicated to Jukka Salmela (University of Jyväskylä, Finland), who collected the material. Diagnosis. Darkly coloured species, with wing 1.15–1.50 (1.30) mm long and AR 0.44–0.51 (0.48). Anal wing lobe strongly reduced; membrane brownish, covered with sparse macrotrichia apically. Anal point slender, with narrowed and strongly elongated tip. Superior volsella roundish, bearing two anteromedian setae. Digitus stout, with apical pear-shaped lobe and single seta at its base. Stem of median volsella strongly reduced, with group of ... : Published as part of Giłka, Wojciech & Paasivirta, Lauri, 2009, Evaluation of diagnostic characters of the Tanytarsus chinyensis group (Diptera: Chironomidae), with description of a new species from Lapland, pp. 31-42 in Zootaxa 2197 on pages 32-35, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.189527 ...