2025/01/01 by Bindarika Mukherjee, Arka Mukherjee, Atanu Naskar +1 · 1 voice
Environmental Science · Agricultural and Biological Sciences · #Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology #Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution #Diptera species taxonomy and behavior
paper · doi:10.4039/tce.2025.10032
openalex publication_date 2025/01/01 · openalex created_date 2025/12/04 · openalex updated_date 2026/06/15
Abstract The Harnischia complex of the tribe Chironomini (Diptera: Chironomidae) comprises 20 genera. In the present study, we contribute to the taxonomic understanding of the genera Beckidia Sæther, Cryptochironomus Kieffer, and Cryptotendipes Beck and Beck of this complex in India. Our study employed an integrative taxonomic approach, incorporating morphological characteristics and molecular tools, to describe a new Cryptotendipes species. The genus Cryptotendipes , which comprises 26 species globally, is represented by five species in India, including the species that is newly described in the present study. In addition, we report new faunistic records for Beckidia hirsti (Freeman, 1957) and Cryptochironomus tamaichimori Sasa in Sasa and Kawai, 1987 for the first time from India.