Neotropical Allocladius Kieffer, 1913 and Pseudosmittia Edwards, 1932 (Diptera: Chironomidae) 2472 Author Andersen, Trond Author Saether, Ole A. Author Mendes, Humberto F. text Zootaxa 2010 2010-05-14 2472 1 1 77 https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.2472.1.1 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.2472.1.1 1175­5334 6507307 Key to the males of Neotropical Allocladius Kieffer 1. Pars ventralis and supraalar absent; costal extension long (about 90 µm) ( Figs 17–19 ) ................................................ ................................................................................................................................ A. fortispinatus (Edwards) comb. n. – With single or double pars ventralis; supraalar usually present; costal extension short, but false vein or dark shadow parallel to costa may give the impression of a long extension...................................................................................... 2 2. With two large pars ventralis reaching to 0.50–0.76 gonocoxite length ( Figs 32–33 ) ................................................... ................................................................................................................................. A. neobilobulatus (Paggi) comb. n. – With single, small to large pars ventralis at most reaching to 0.45 gonocoxite length................................................. 3 3. Pars ventralis small (18–36 µm long) digitiform; posterior lobe of inferior volsella well developed, reaching much further posterior than inferior volsella ( Figs 5–7 )................................................... A. bilobulatus (Edwards) comb. n. – Pars ventralis longer (45–90 µm long) digitiform, rounded or square; posterior lobe of inferior volsella absent to well developed, when well developed not reaching much further posterior than inferior volsella ...................................... 4 4. Pars ventralis much longer than broad, digitiform ( Figs 50–51 ) .......................................................... A. scrotus sp. n. – Pars ventralis as wide as or wider than long, circular to square ................................................................................... 5 5. Pars ventralis spheroid, about as wide as long ( Figs 25–26 ) ............................................................. A. globosus sp. n. – Pars ventralis square, wider than long ( Figs 43–44 ) ........................................................................... A. quadrus sp. n.