Étiquette : conservation
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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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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.).…