Taxonomic studies on Harnischia complex from India (Diptera: Chironomidae) Author Mukherjee, Bindarika 0000-0002-9792-7931 Entomology Research Unit, Department of Zoology, The University of Burdwan, Burdwan, India & bindabdn @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 9792 - 7931 bindabdn@gmail.com Author Hazra, Niladri Entomology Research Unit, Department of Zoology, The University of Burdwan, Burdwan, India text Zootaxa 2023 2023-05-05 5278 2 239 263 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5278.2.2 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5278.2.2 1175-5326 7906073 0D60B8EA-2637-422D-96A7-F48ACE362CCC Genus Parachironomus Lenz, 1921 Type species: Chironomus cryptotomus Kieffer, 1915 by subsequent designation of Townes, 1945 . Diagnosis (As in Cranston et al ., 1989 ; Spies et al ., 1994 ). Anal tergite band weak V to Y-type, often separated medially, median longitudinal band long to absent; caudal region of anal tergite with or without projections; superior volsella in dorsal view generally rod-shaped, slender, straight to slightly sinuous, distal part often bending to dorsal, slightly to distinctly widened and sometime with median extension give pediform appearance, distal region have two setae arising from distinct, small and shallow, deep pits, usually one pit smaller and more median, subapical to slightly proximal position; pubescent inferior volsella without setae, rarely reaching beyond anal tergite with bluntly rounded to fairly acute median to caudal projection; gonostylus straight or curving medially and / or dorsally.