Rheotanytarsus scutulatus Kyerematen et Andersen, 2002

Armitage, Brian J., Andersen, Trond, Giłka, Wojciech, Castillo Sánchez, Kayla N., Ríos González, Tomás A. & Aguirre, Yusseff P., 2025, The Diptera of Panama. II. A first benchmark for the family Chironomidae, Zootaxa 5613 (2), pp. 201-240 : 219

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5613.2.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15216615
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scientific name	Rheotanytarsus scutulatus Kyerematen et Andersen, 2002
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Rheotanytarsus scutulatus Kyerematen et Andersen, 2002 View in CoL *

Kyerematen et Andersen, 2002: 39 [ Costa Rica].

Material examined. Panama, Chiriqui Province, Cuenca 102, Tierras Altas District, Mount Totumas Cloud Forest and Biological Reserve , Quebrada Norte , 3 males, 26–28 December 2017, Malaise trap, leg B. Armitage & J. Dietrich . Chiriquí Province, Cuenca 108, Boquete District, Quebrada Grande , Valle Escondido , Condo unit 157-G, 1 male, 18 March 2022, UV light trap, leg B. Armitage . Chiriquí Province, Cuenca 108, Boquete District, Quebrada sin nombre, 5 km NE Volcán Barú crater, 16 males, 8 May 2017, leg E. Àlvarez, E. Peréz & T. Ríos .

Distribution in Neotropics. Costa Rica, Panama.

Note. Originally known from a single site close to a small, fast flowing stream with substrate of stones and gravel in Costa Rica ( Kyerematen & Andersen 2002). Adult males are photophilous.