Glyptotendipes ( Glyptotendipes ) tokunagai Sasa et Kawai, 1979

Yamamoto, Nao & Yamamoto, Masaru, 2018, Taxonomic information on some Japanese Chironomidae (Diptera) described by Dr. M. Sasa (†), Zootaxa 4514 (4), pp. 516-528 : 521

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Glyptotendipes ( Glyptotendipes) tokunagai Sasa et Kawai, 1979 View in CoL

Glyptotendipes tokunagai Sasa et Kawai, 1979: 8 View in CoL .

Chironomus kagaensis Sasa, 1994: 28 . syn. n.

Specimens examined: Japan: Ishikawa Pref., Yamashiro Spa , holotype ♂ of Chironomus kagaensis , 11. vii. 1991, M. Sasa [specimen No. 227:55 (NSMT-I-Dip-4858)]; paratypes 5♂♂, as previous except specimens No. (227:56- 60) .

The following characters are recognized in the holotype of Chironomus kagaensis : body entirely dark brown; frontal tubercles minute; antepronotum widely divided by V-shaped median notch, fore tarsomeres without beards; abdominal tergites 2–6 each with a median scar-like expression; gonostylus semi-circular in shape; superior volsella long, slender, tapering to apex; inferior volsella long, spatulate. These features are identical with those of Glyptotendipes tokunagai .

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Diptera
Family	Chironomidae
SubFamily	Chironominae
Genus	Glyptotendipes