Paracladopelma Harnisch from the Sino-Indian Region (Diptera: Chironomidae)
Author
Yan, Chuncai
Author
Jin, Zhaohui
Author
Wang, Xinhua
text
Zootaxa
2008
1934
1
29
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.184929
f0c73773-d05f-4138-9f2b-e8b762bc54a1
1175-5326
184929
Paracladopelma camptolabis
(Kieffer)
Tendipes camptolabis
Kieffer, 1913
: 40
.
Chironomus allolabis
Thienemann
et
Kieffer, 1921
: 527
.
Cladopelma camptolabis
(Kieffer)
;
Harnisch (1923: 281)
.
Chironomus camptolabis
(Kieffer)
;
Edwards (1929: 387)
.
Tendipes (Cryptochironomus) camptolabis
(Kieffer)
;
Goetghebuer (
1937–54
: 34)
.
Cryptochironomus camptolabis
(Kieffer)
;
Chernovskij (1949: 103)
.
Paracladopelma camptolabis
(Kieffer)
;
Brundin (1947: 53)
;
Fittkau
et al
. (1967
: 274
);
Lehmann (1971: 499)
;
Jackson (1977
: 1337
);
Pinder (1978: 132)
;
Sasa (1984
: 46
; 1985: 37, 112; 1988: 14; 1989: 23; 1991: 48; 1998: 31);
Sasa and Kikuchi (1995: 103)
;
Saether
et al
. (2000
: 191
).
Diagnostic characters.
The species can be identified by the following combination of characters: combs of mid- and hind tibiae with single spur; anal point broadened apically; superior volsella pediform with toe projecting mesally and with 6 strong apical setae.
Remarks.
Wang and Ji (2003)
recorded
P. camptolabis
from Fujian Province,
China
. However, re-examination of the material show that it actually is a new species,
P. digitum
sp. n.
, described below.
Distribution.
The species has a Holarctic distribution. In the Sino-Indian region, the species is widespread in
Japan
.