A New Species of the Genus Coffmania (Insecta: Diptera: Chironomidae) from Japan

Abstract

Coffmania insignis sp. nov. is described on the basis of male and female adults, pupae, and larvae. This new species most closely resembles Coffmania animispina Hazra and Chaudhuri, 2000, but differs from it in having subapically banded femora and flattened L-setae on pupal abdominal segments II-VI. This is the first report of the genus Coffmania from the Palaearctic Region.