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Two new Pagastia Oliver (Diptera, Chironomidae, Diamesinae) described from Oriental China
1Eco-Environmental Monitoring and Research Center; Pearl River Valley and South China Sea Ecology and Environment Administration; Ministry of Ecology and Environment of China. jnuliujun@163.com.
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Abstract:
Two new species, Pagastia (s. str.) emakarchenkoisp. nov. and Pagastia (s. str.) shennongsp. nov. are described based on males collected from the Oriental China. The new species are distinguished from congeners by the complexity and structure of their aedeagal lobes which have a pectinate apex of the lateral lobe and the addition of a basal branch of the median lobes.
