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.). A combination of some distinguishing characters found in the male adult (anal tergite band cup-shaped, not interrupted medially; anal point slender with truncate apex, median part without tuff of setae; distal part of gonocoxite with a distinct setulate rounded lobe; gonostylus atypically concave bearing a characteristic basal expansion), will easily separate the new species from other related congeners. With H. curtilamellata (Malloch, 1915) and H. fuscimana Kieffer, 1921, the new species is the third memberof the Harnischia group to occur in Europe and France. Consequently, the description here ofH. curvistyla sp. n. increases the total number in the genus to 9 valid species worldwide. Short comments on the taxonomic position of the new species are given.
Ephemera 27 : 54-59 (6 pages)
On the genus Harnischia Kieffer, 1921 from France. Description of H. curvistyla sp. n. (Diptera, Chironomidae, Chironominae)
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Reçu le 11 mars 2026 -
Accepté le 3 avril 2026 -
Publié le 28 mai 2026
taxonomy
new species
conservation
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.71868/qzmw-am52 -
LSID
urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:A9F21FF8-EB99-45DF-BAEF-A038AAF23559
Espèces décrites :
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Harnischia curvistyla
Moubayed, J., 2026
LSIDurn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:06C5696F-41CA-46A3-9F17-3115A5DDEFFE
French translation
Sur le genre Harnischia Kieffer, 1921 de France. Description d’Harnischia curvistyla sp. n. (Diptera, Chironomidae, Chironominae)
taxonomie
nouvelle espèce
conservation
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