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

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Hanocladius longipes gen. nov., sp. nov. from Oriental China is described from the male imago. The long metatarsus, the very broad, scale-like virga and the conspicuously scalpellate acrostichals distinguish the genus from all of the known genera in Orthocladiinae.

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

    Xinhua Wang

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

    Ole A. Saether

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Wang, X., Saether, O.A. Hanocladius, a new orthoclad genus from China (Diptera: Chironomidae). Hydrobiologia 468, 181–183 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1015260629563

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