New records of Chironomidae (Insecta, Diptera) in the fauna of the Lower Dnipro, Ukraine

• Дата: 2025
• Автор: Shevchenko, I. V.
• Формат: Стаття
• Мова: English
• Опубліковано: Publishing House "Akademperiodyka" of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine 2025
• Онлайн доступ: https://ojs.akademperiodyka.org.ua/index.php/Zoodiversity/article/view/771
• Назва журналу: Journal Zoodiversity

Based on the larval and pupal specimens 24 species /morphotypes of Chironomidae (Insecta, Diptera) are recorded for the first time in the Lower Dnipro region and Dnipro-Buh Estuary: Xenopelopia falcigera (Kieffer, 1911), Corynoneura scutellata Winnertz, 1846, Cricotopus (Isocladius) intersectus (Staeger, 1839), Hydrobaenus lugubris Fries, 1830, Limnophyes sp., Orthocladius (Euorthocladius) sp., Psectrocladius (Psectrocladius) sp. cf. zetterstedti Brundin, 1949, Chironomus (Camptochironomus) pallidivittatus Malloch, 1915, Ch. (Ca.) tentans (Fabricius, 1805), Ch. (Chironomus) cingulatus Meigen, 1830, Ch. (Lobochironomus) dorsalis Meigen, 1818, Demeijerea rufipes (Linnaeus, 1761), Dicrotendipes lobiger (Kieffer, 1921), Kieff erulus tendipediformis (Goetghebuer, 1921), Polypedilum (Polypedilum) nubifer (Skuse, 1889), Zavreliella marmorata (van der Wulp, 1858), Paratanytarsus inopertus (Walker, 1856), Pa. quintuplex Kieffer, 1922, Tanytarsus medius Reiss & Fittkau, 1971, T. pallidicornis (Walker, 1856), T. usmaensis Pagast, 1931, T. sp. cf. excavatus / nemorosus, T. sp. cf. formosanus Kieffer, 1912, T. sp. cf. lugens / glabrescens-type. Three species (X. falcigera, T. pallidicornis, T. usmaensis) and two morphotypes (T. sp. cf. formosanus, T. sp. cf. lugens / glabrescens-type) are recorded for the first time in the fauna of Ukraine.