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FAR EASTERN ENTOMOLOGIST

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Figs 7–9. Belomicrus multifasciatus Tsuneki, male: 7 – habitus, dorsal view; 8 – head, frontal view; 9 – mesosoma, dorsal view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm for 7; 0.1 mm for 8, 9.

Figs 3–7. Adult male (3) and pupa (4–7) of Diamesa kolyma sp. n. 3 – gonocoxite and gonostylus; 4 – thoracic horn and precorneal setae; 5 – tergite III; 6 – tergite V; 7 – tergite IX and anal segment.

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Budashkin, Yu.I. 2011. Additions to fauna and bionomy of the casebearer moths (Lepidoptera, Coleophoridae) of the Crimea. Optimization and Protection of Ecosystems, 5: 21–36. [In Russian]

Danilov, Yu.N. 2014. Review of Sphecidae wasps (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) of Siberia. Part 1. List of species. Eurasian Entomological Journal, 13(5): 422–429. [In Russian]

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Kazenas, V.L. 1978. The digger wasps of Kazakhstan and Middle Asia. The determinant. Nauka of KazSSR, Alma-Ata. 172 pp. [In Russian]

Ashe, P. & O’Connor, J.P. 2009. A World Catalogue of Chironomidae (Diptera). Part 1. Buchonommyiinae, Chilenomeiinae, Podonominae, Aphroteniinae, Tanypodinae, Usambaromyiinae, Diamesinae, Prodiamesinae and Telmatogetoninae. Irish Biogeographical Society & National Museum of Ireland, Dublin. 445 pp.

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Tobias, V.I. 1978. Superfamily Pompiloidea. In: Medvedev, G.S. (Ed.), Key to the Insects of the European Part of the USSS. Vol. III. Hymenoptera. Pt 1. Nauka, Leningrad, pp. 83–147. [In Russian]

Ma, F.-Z. & Li, Q. 2013. Pompilidae. In: Ren, G.D., Guo, S.B. & Zhang, F. (Eds), Fauna of Insects from Xiaowutai Mountain. Press of Hebei University, Baoding, pp. 445–447. [In Chinese]

Online database/internet resources

Hymenoptera Anatomy Consortium. 2013. Hymenoptera Glossary. Available from: http://glossary.hymao.org (accessed 10 January 2019).

Pulawski, W.J. 2024. Catalog of Sphecidae sensu lato. Available from: https://www.calacademy.org/scientists/projects/catalog-of-sphecidae (accessed 28 August 2024).

O’Connor, R.J., Dunn, E, Johnson, D.H., Jones, S.L., Petit, D., Pollock, K., Smith, C.R., Trapp, J.L. & Welling, E. 2000. Aprogrammatic review of the North American Breeding Bird Survey: report of a peer review panel. U.S. Geological Survey Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Laurel, Maryland. Available from http://www.mp2-pwrc.usgs.gov/bbs//bbsreview/ (accessed 3 April 2003).

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Editor-in-Chief, 
Prof. Dr. Sci. Sergey Yurievich STOROZHENKO
Federal Scientific Center of the East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok 690022, Russia 

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Description of Diamesa kolyma sp. n. (Diptera: Chironomidae: Diamesinae) from the Kolyma River Basin, Russia

E. A. Makarchenko

Federal Scientific Center of the East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok 690022, Russia. 
E-mail: makarchenko@biosoil.ru

Summary. An illustrated description of a new chironomid species Diamesa kolyma sp. n. of the subfamily Diamesinae from the Kolyma River basin (Russian Far East) is given based on the adult male, pupa and larva. The new species is closely related to Diamesa bertrami Edwards, but differs well from it in the shape of the gonostylus, size and shape of anal point, superior volsellae and some other features of male.
Key words: taxonomy, new species, Russian Far East.

(For Russian-speaking authors, there are two additional paragraphs 
with Russian translations below)
Е. А. Макарченко, А. Е. Авраменко. Описание Diamesa kolyma sp. n. (Diptera: Chironomidae: Diamesinae) из бассейна реки Колымы, Россия // Дальневосточный энтомолог. 2025. N 520. С. 1-7.
Резюме. По имаго самца, куколке и личинке приведено иллюстрированное описание нового вида хирономид подсемейства Diamesinae Diamesa kolyma sp. n. из бассейна реки Колыма (российский Дальний Восток). Новый вид наиболее
близок Diamesa bertrami Edwards, но хорошо отличается от него формой гоностиля, размером и формой нижнего придатка гонококсита самца.

Introduction

Currently, the genus Diamesa Meigen, 1835 includes .......

Material and methods

The material was preserved in 96% ethanol and mounted .......

Description of new species

Diamesa kolyma Makarchenko, sp. n.
Figs 1–7

TYPE MATERIAL. Holotype ...... Paratypes ....... 
DESCRIPTION. ......
Diagnosis. ........
BIOLOGY. .......
Distribution. ....... 
Etymology. ........
REMARKS. ........

KEY TO THE SPECIES

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Discussion

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Acknowledgements

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REFERENCES

Ashe, P. & O’Connor, J.P. 2009. A World Catalogue of Chironomidae (Diptera). Part 1. Buchonommyiinae, Chilenomeiinae, Podonominae, Aphroteniinae, Tanypodinae, Usambaromyiinae, Diamesinae, Prodiamesinae and Telmatogetoninae. Irish Biogeographical Society & National Museum of Ireland, Dublin. 445 pp.
Makarchenko, E.A. & Hansen, D.C. 2022. On the taxonomy and distribution of Diamesa insignipes Kieffer (Diptera: Chironomidae: Diamesinae). Zootaxa, 5138 (2): 191–195. DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5138.2.7

LEGENDS OF FIGURES

Figs 1–2. Adult male hypopygium of Diamesa kolyma sp. n. in dorsal view.
Figs 3–7. Adult male (3) and pupa (4–7) of Diamesa kolyma sp. n. 3 – gonocoxite and gonostylus; 4 – thoracic horn and precorneal setae; 5 – tergite III; 6 – tergite V; 7 – tergite IX and anal segment.

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