Étiquette : Mediterranean basin

Chironomidae collected by sweep net in riparian habitats bordering cold springs located in western Corsica (Focolara) and Lebanon (upper stream River Orontes) revealed the presence of a new Pseudosmittia species (P. mediterranea sp. n.), which is described as male adult. Based on some atypical morphological characters (unusual shape of: antenna, clypeus, virga, the 3 lobes…