Notes on Nilothauma Kieffer from Oriental China, with descriptions of three new species (Diptera, Chironomidae).
Three new species of Nilothauma Kieffer are described and figured from Oriental China: Nilothauma angustum sp. n. based on the male only, Nilothauma aristatum sp. n. based on the male, pupa and larva, and Nilothauma bilobatum sp. n. based on the male and pupa. In addition, new distribution records are given for Nilothauma japonicum Niitsuma, Nilothauma nojirimaculatum Sasa, Nilothauma hibaratertium Sasa, and Nilothauma acre Adam & Sæther. A key to known males of Nilothauma Kieffer in China is provided.
College of Life Science, Taizhou University, Taizhou, Zhejiang 318000, China.
Xin
X
Qi
Reasearch Center of Hydrobiology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China.
Hongqu
H
Tang
College of Life Science, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China.
Xinhua
X
Wang
Nilothauma; Oriental China; key; new records; new species