Description of a new species of Stictochironomus Kieffer, 1919 (Diptera, Chironomidae) from China based on DNA barcoding and adult morphology Author Lei, Qi 0000-0002-3842-2394 School of Fisheries, Xinyang Agriculture and Forestry University, Xinyang 464000, China & Fishery Biological Engineering Technology Research Center of Henan Province, Xinyang 464000, China Author Zhu, Wan-Ru School of Fisheries, Xinyang Agriculture and Forestry University, Xinyang 464000, China & Fishery Biological Engineering Technology Research Center of Henan Province, Xinyang 464000, China Author Yang, Zhi-Hang School of Fisheries, Xinyang Agriculture and Forestry University, Xinyang 464000, China & Fishery Biological Engineering Technology Research Center of Henan Province, Xinyang 464000, China Author Guo, Xin-Yan School of Fisheries, Xinyang Agriculture and Forestry University, Xinyang 464000, China & Fishery Biological Engineering Technology Research Center of Henan Province, Xinyang 464000, China Author Tian, Hai-Jun School of Fisheries, Xinyang Agriculture and Forestry University, Xinyang 464000, China & Fishery Biological Engineering Technology Research Center of Henan Province, Xinyang 464000, China Author Guo, Xu-Sheng School of Fisheries, Xinyang Agriculture and Forestry University, Xinyang 464000, China & Fishery Biological Engineering Technology Research Center of Henan Province, Xinyang 464000, China Author Zhang, Rui-Lei 0000-0001-5953-3192 Engineering Research Center of Environmental DNA and Ecological Water Health Assessment, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, China Author Wang, Jun-Ru School of Fisheries, Xinyang Agriculture and Forestry University, Xinyang 464000, China & Fishery Biological Engineering Technology Research Center of Henan Province, Xinyang 464000, China text ZooKeys 2026 2026-04-03 1276 49 60 journal article 314752 10.3897/zookeys.1276.180937 e458f2d2-eb28-4dab-9176-5a8791140804 14AAEBBD-23B9-4F2C-8356-A9F37A50C818

Table 3. Length (µm) and proportions of (n = 2) of female adults of Stictochironomus longtanensis sp. nov.

Leg	fe	ti	ta 1	ta 2	ta 3	ta 4	ta 5	LR
P 1	1490–1500	1293–1406	1584–1592	829–910	642–703	567–596	272–301	1.13–1.23
P 2	1534–1647	1372–1467	753–776	427–448	326–354	217–229	144–159	0.53–0.55
P 3	1897–1930	1626–1644	1110–1186	644–649	516–518	311–323	183–184	0.68–0.72