Taxonomic review of Rheocricotopus Brundin, 1956 (Diptera: Chironomidae: Orthocladiinae) from East Asia, with descriptions of twelve new species Author Niitsuma, Hiromi 84 - 3 Abeguchishinden, Aoi-ku, Shizuoka 421 - 2114 Japan. niitsuma.hiromi@shizuoka.ac.jp Author Tang, Hongqu Life Science and Technology College, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China. townningt@gmail.com text European Journal of Taxonomy 2026 2026-01-30 1037 1 114 https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3157/14053 journal article 314350 10.5852/ejt.2026.1037.3157 40eaf3ee-396d-4cce-ba76-ddb251ba171d 2118-9773 18507203 2143B722-1876-486C-9743-D249D20DFE8C

Table 25. Lengths (μm) and proportions of legs of Rheocricotopus (s. str.) togapeniculus Sasa & Okazawa, 1992, ♂♂ (n = 26) and ♀♀ (n = 6).

Male	fe	ti	ta1	ta2	ta3	ta4	ta5	LR	BV	BR
P1	549–745	608–853	461–637	274–382	196–265	127–186	78–108	0.74–0.80	2.3–2.5	2.0–2.8
	642	725	549	317	230 (25)	154 (25)	92 (25)	0.76	2.4 (25)	2.3 (25)
P2	568–774	559–745	304–431	167–235	118–176	59–98	59–88	0.52–0.58	3.2–3.7	2.7–3.5
	673	647	357	194	141	77	72	0.55	3.5	3.1 (25)
P3	529–774	627–882	382–539	206–294	167–235	69–137	59–108	0.58–0.63	2.8–3.3	3.5–5.5
	642	754	456	240 (25)	195 (25)	97 (25)	82 (25)	0.60 (25)	3.0 (25)	4.3 (24)
Female	fe	ti	ta1	ta2	ta3	ta4	ta5	LR	BV	BR
P1	608–735	686–833	500–617	284–343	206–245	137–167	88–108	0.73–0.76	2.4–2.6	–
	666	750	559	319	230	153	96	0.75	2.5
P2	647–774	617–725	323–382	176–206	127–157	69–88	69–78	0.51–0.54	3.5–3.7	–
	701	675	358	193	140	77	75	0.53	3.6
P3	617–735	686–843	412–490	216–255	176–206	78–108	78–98	0.58–0.60	3.0–3.1	–
	663	768	452	237	194	93	87	0.59	3.1