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http://dx.doi.org/10.5635/KJSZ.2010.26.2.115

Fauna of Non-biting Midges (Diptera, Chironomidae) from Soyang River in Chuncheon-si, Gangwon-do, Korea  

Ree, Han-Il (Department of Environmental Medical Biology, and Institute of Tropical Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine)
Jeong, Kyoung-Yong (Department of Internal Medicine and Institute of Allergy, Yonsei University College of Medicine)
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Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity / v.26, no.2, 2010 , pp. 115-140 More about this Journal
Abstract
Adults of Chironomidae were collected at Soyang river sites in Chuncheon-si, Gangwon-do on 1 August and 14 September in 2008, and 1 May in 2009. A total of 794 adults were collected, consisting of 52 species, 23 genera, 4 subfamilies. Among them, 7 species were recorded in Korea for the first time, and 9 species were new to science. These 7 previously unrecorded and 9 new species are described with illustrations. Eight species still have not been identified. The subfamily Prodiamesinae and four genera: Demicryptochironomus, Parakiefferiella, Psectrocladius and Monodiamesa are the first record in Korea. Tanytarsus seohyoni n. sp. was the most dominant species, consisting of 24.6% of the total samples.
Keywords
Fauna; Chironomidae; Chuncheon-si; new species; taxonomy;
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