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Vol. 49 No. 1 (2017)
https://doi.org/10.4081/jear.2017.6658

Revision of the genus Chaetocladius Kieffer (Diptera, Chironomidae), 1st note: description of four new species from Italy

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Received: 21 February 2017
Published: 21 April 2017
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Chironomidae, Diptera, taxonomy

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B. Rossaro
bruno.rossaro@unimi.it
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6154-1191 (unauthenticated)
Department of Food, Environmental, and Nutritional Sciences (DeFENS), University of Milan, Italy.
M. Montagna
Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (DiSAA), University of Milan, Italy.
G. Magoga
Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (DiSAA), University of Milan, Italy.
Four new species belonging to the genus Chaetocladius, known to occur in Italy, are here described as adult males: C. aedeagovirgatus sp. nov., C. subalpinus sp. nov., C. ticinoi sp. nov., and C. valdostanus sp. nov. C. aedeagolobatus is characterized by a robust aedeagal lobe, C. subalpinus and C. valdostanus by a characteristic inferior volsella, C. ticinoi by a tubercle on the basis of gonostylus. Geographical distribution of the other species known to occur in Italy is given. A key to adult males is presented.

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Revision of the genus Chaetocladius Kieffer (Diptera, Chironomidae), 1st note: description of four new species from Italy. (2017). Journal of Entomological and Acarological Research, 49(1). https://doi.org/10.4081/jear.2017.6658

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