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First record of Pedicia (Crunobia) pallens Savchenko, 1978 from France (Diptera, Pediciidae)
Pedicia (Crunobia) pallens Savchenko, 1978, a species of Pediciidae previously known from Central Europe, the Balkan Peninsula and the Caucasus, is recorded from France for the first time, from the department of Val-d’Oise.
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Heleniella reginae sp. n., a new species occurring in the Mutt glacial stream, Swiss Alps (Diptera, Chironomidae, Orthocladiinae)
Male adult of Heleniella reginae sp. n. is described based on material collected by Malaise traps placed along the glacial stream of Mutt (Swiss Alps, upper Rhône basin). Distinctive specific characters include in particular: anal tergal bands absent; virga composed of two long rods, thick basally fused apically; sternapodeme lacking lateral horn-like projection; anal point…
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Communautés d’invertébrés des sources et des marais permanents et temporaires de haute montagne dans les bassins fermés de l’Orontes (Mont Liban)
Les paramètres physico-chimiques de l’eau et la faune benthique de deux bassins fermés (zones de sources et marais) du haut piémont Est du Mont Liban septentrional (B.V. Orontes, alt. 1 720 – 2 150m), ont été étudiés. Ces milieux sont oligotrophes avec des eaux naturellement alcalines (pH = 8 à 8,2). Les espèces de Chironomides…
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Heleniella crenophila and H. helenae spp. n., two new species occurring in France (Diptera, Chironomidae)
Heleniella crenophila sp. n. and H. helenae sp. n. are described and diagnosed based on material collected in two high mountainous sites: the first one in the maritime Alps (spring of Fontanalba, SE-France, alt. 1700-1500 m), the second in eastern Pyrenees (glacial upper stream of the River Têt, Massif of Carlit, S-France, alt. 2300-2100 m).…
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Description of Heleniella assiana sp. n. from the upper basin of the River Assi in Lebanon (Diptera, Chironomidae)
A large material of Chironomidae composed of adults, pupae, and larvae, collected in the upper basin of the River Assi (= River Orontes, north-eastern Lebanon), revealed the presence of a new Heleniella species. In this paper, only the male adult of H. assiana sp. n. is diagnosed and described. Distinctive pertinent specific characters include in…
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Découverte dans les Hautes-Alpes d’une espèce de Limoniidae nouvelle pour la France : Molophilus (Molophilus) fluviatilis Bangerter, 1947 (Diptera, Nematocera)
Au sein de la famille des Limoniidae, qui compte 670 espèces en Europe, le genre Molophilus Curtis, 1833 est l’un des plus diversifiés, avec près de 90 espèces recensées (Oosterbroek 2026). En France, ce genre demeure encore relativement peu étudié : 39 espèces y sont actuellement connues, mais près du quart d’entre elles (10 espèces)…
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On the genus Harnischia Kieffer, 1921 from France. Description of H. curvistyla sp. n. (Diptera, Chironomidae, Chironominae)
Male adult of Harnischia curvistyla sp. n. is described and diagnosed based on material recently collected in the nearby of the River Changeon (Central-West France). Other additional adults collected in Spain by F. Reiss and deposited in the museum of Munich as unnamed taxa could belong to H. curvistyla sp. n. (M. Spies pers. com.).…
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The genus Ochthebius in the Lebanese rivers, with additional notes on its ecology (Insecta, Coleoptera, Hydraenidae)
The aim of the present study was to fill in the gaps in previous knowledge of the faunistics and distribution of the running water species of Ochthebius species in Lebanon, by sampling throughout the entire country. 14 catchments of the largest river systems, not previously taken into account, were studied between 1984 and 2015, including…
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adultes (2) adults (2) Aquatic dance fly (2) Auvergne (2) Caddisflies (3) Chioneinae. (2) Chironomidae new for France (2) Chironomidae nouveaux pour la France (2) citations nouvelles. (2) clé d'identification. (2) conservation (3) conservation measures (8) Corsica (2) craneflies (3) Diptera (4) Diptera Chironomidae (2) distribution (9) ecological zones (3) espèce nouvelle pour la France (5) forêt primaire (2) France (4) French Guiana (3) Guyane française (3) identification key. (3) inventaire national (8) Lebanon (3) Liban (3) mesures de conservation (9) national inventory (9) new species (9) nouvelle espèce (8) primary forest (2) rivers (2) Roederiodes (2) running water (3) répartition (5) Shoreflies (3) species new for the French fauna. (4) stagnant water (3) taxonomie (10) taxonomy (10) Tipulomorpha (4) totalité du territoire (3) whole territory (3) zones écologiques (3)










