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Abstract
Life stages of eight new species of Chironomus Meigen are described from the Eastern Himalaya of India. These are, Chironomus acutus sp. nov. , Chironomus alternus sp. nov. , Chironomus clavipenis sp. nov. , Chironomus confectus sp. nov. , Chironomus culterus sp. nov. , Chironomus fortibracchius sp. nov. , Chironomus hemicyclius sp. nov. and Chironomus lurilatus sp. nov. With these, number of species of the genus is raised to 26 in India. A key to adult males of the species of Chironomus of the study area is presented here.
Acknowledgements
We are indebted to Prof P.K. Chaudhuri for going through the manuscript and rendering useful suggestions and to Ms. Mou Nandi, Research Fellow in the Department of Zoology, The University of Burdwan for technical assistance in various ways. Sincere thanks are due to the Head, DST-FIST and UGC-SAP-DRS sponsored Department of Zoology, The University of Burdwan, and Principal, Kalimpong College, Kalimpong, West Bengal for laboratory facilities. Financial support from Ministry of Science & Technology, (SERB, DST), Govt. of India (Grant No. SB/S0/AS -135/2012) is acknowledged with thanks.
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