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Qiniella, a new orthoclad genus from China (Diptera: Chironomidae)

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Quiniella lii gen. nov., sp. nov. from China is describedas male imago. The genus share bare eyes, wing and squama and extended costa with most members of the Parakiefferiella group sensu S\sgmaelig;ther (1983), and the absence of a scutaltubercle, hump or microtrichial tuft and strongly developedvirga with Krenosmittia Thienemann & Krüger, but isamong other distinguished by a unique trifid gonostylus.

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  1. Department of Biology, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, China

    X. H. Wang & O. A. S\sgmaelig;ther

  2. Museum of Zoology, University of Bergen, N-5007, Bergen, Norway

    X. H. Wang & O. A. S\sgmaelig;ther

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Wang, X.H., S\sgmaelig;ther, O.A. Qiniella, a new orthoclad genus from China (Diptera: Chironomidae). Hydrobiologia 362, 103–106 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1003122331920

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