A review of Paratrichocladius Santos Abreu from the Sino-Indian Region (Diptera: Chironomidae: Orthocladiinae) Author Fu, Yue Author Saether, Ole A. Author Wang, Xinhua text Zootaxa 2012 3478 453 482 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.209364 ebd122ff-1065-4d4b-baf5-c4b976a7aa07 1175-5326 209364 Paratrichocladius tridens Fu et Wang ( Fig. 12 A–B) Paratrichocladius tridens Fu et Wang, 2008 : 728 . Material examined. CHINA : Tibet Autonomous Region , Chayu County, Xiachayu Town, Baantong Village ( 28°37’N , 97°29’E ), alt. 1600m , sweeping, holotype male, 13. vi. 1988 , Chengyu Deng (BDN No. 1723). Paratypes : CHINA : Tibet Autonomous Region , Rikaze County, China – Nepal Friendship Bridge ( 29°36’N , 91°06’E ), alt. 1800m , sweeping, 2 males , 14. vi. 1988 , Chengyu Deng (BDN No. 1199, 07871). Diagnostic characters . The species can be separated from all other members of the genus by having 13 sensilla chaetica on ta1 of P3; humeral pit developed and reniform; the femur of middle and hind legs dark brown on apical 1/3, other parts yellow; setae on tergites relatively short, posterior of tergites V–VII in pale coloration; phallapodeme with two different colors, the deeper colored part like a fork with three tines; inferior volsella elongate and bilobed, with rounded apex, and superior volsella rounded and well developed; gonostylus slender, without distinct crista dorsalis. Correction to description (n = 3). “Gonostylus 225–285, 260 µm long” should be corrected to “Gonostylus 128–136, 132 µm long”. Distribution. The species was collected in subtropical area in Tibet Autonomous Region (Oriental China ).