Chironomids (Diptera, Chironomidae) of the Franz Josef Land archipelago (Arctic Russia)

The first data on the chironomids fauna of the Franz Josef Land archipelago belong to M. Goetghebuer (1933). He noted 16 adults males Hydrobaenus conformis (Holmgren, 1869). In the present study, three new species (Diamesa (Diamesa) arctica (Boheman, 1865), Limnophyes pumilio (Holmgren, 1869), Tokun...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Fauna norvegica
Main Authors: Andrey Krasheninnikov, Maria Gavrilo
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Norwegian University of Science and Technology 2014
Subjects:
Diptera
Chironomidae
Franz Josef Land
Arctic
Zoology
QL1-991
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.5324/fn.v34i0.1665
https://doaj.org/article/795f31c1f29440828ab352deec5c18b9
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Summary:The first data on the chironomids fauna of the Franz Josef Land archipelago belong to M. Goetghebuer (1933). He noted 16 adults males Hydrobaenus conformis (Holmgren, 1869). In the present study, three new species (Diamesa (Diamesa) arctica (Boheman, 1865), Limnophyes pumilio (Holmgren, 1869), Tokunagaia rectangularis (Goetghebuer, 1940)) and one new subfamily (Diamesinae) are recorded in the Franz Josef Land archipelago bringing the chironomid fauna in this archipelago to a total of seven species from two subfamilies.

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