New species and records of Pseudochironomini Sæther, 1977 (Diptera, Chironomidae) from the Dominican Republic

Trond Andersen; Amelie Höcherl; Jeremy Hübner; Caroline Chimeno; Xiaolong Lin; Viktor A Baranov

doi:10.3897/BDJ.11.e111925

New species and records of Pseudochironomini Sæther, 1977 (Diptera, Chironomidae) from the Dominican Republic

Biodivers Data J. 2023 Oct 24:11:e111925. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.11.e111925. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Trond Andersen¹, Amelie Höcherl², Jeremy Hübner², Caroline Chimeno², Xiaolong Lin³, Viktor A Baranov⁴

Affiliations

¹ University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway University of Bergen Bergen Norway.
² Bavarian State Collection of Zoology, Munich, Germany Bavarian State Collection of Zoology Munich Germany.
³ Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China Shanghai Ocean University Shanghai China.
⁴ Estación Biológica de Doñana-CSIC, Sevilla, Spain Estación Biológica de Doñana-CSIC Sevilla Spain.

Abstract

Background: Pseudochironomini is a relatively small and poorly-studied tribe of subfamily Chironominae (Diptera, Chironomidae).

New information: Pseudochironomusruthae Andersen & Baranov sp. nov. is described and figured, based on a single male collected in a light trap at Matadero, Dominican Republic. The species can be separated from its congeners by the combination of the following characters: wing without dark bands, dorsocentrals in partly double row and apex of superior volsella rounded. The species is the first Pseudochironomus species to be formally recorded and described from the Caribbean. In addition, a new record of Manoapahayokeensis Jacobsen & Perry, 2002 from the Dominican Republic is given. One specimen was DNA-barcoded and the barcode is given.

Keywords: Chironominae; Dominican Republic; Manoa; Neotropical Region; Pseudochironomini; Pseudochironomus; new records; new species.

Trond Andersen, Amelie Höcherl, Jeremy Hübner, Caroline Chimeno, Xiaolong Lin, Viktor A. Baranov.