A revision of the genera Pseudosmittia Edwards, 1932, Allocladius Kieffer, 1913, and Hydrosmittia gen. n. (Diptera: Chironomidae, Orthocladiinae) 2849
Author
Ferrington Jr, Leonard C.
Author
Saether, Ole A.
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Zootaxa
2011
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https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.2849.1.1
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.2849.1.1
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Hydrosmittia togadistalis
(Sasa, Watanabe
et
Arakawa)
comb. n.
(
Fig. 36 B
)
Pseudosmittia togadistalis
Sasa, Watanabe
et
Arakawa 1992: 231
;
Yamamoto 2004: 89
,
Saether 2006: 41
.
Material examined
:
JAPAN
:
Honshu
,
Toyama
Pref
..
Toga-Mura
,
Yachidani
,
holotype
male,
8 xii 1992
,
M. Watanabe
&
R. Arakawa
(NMST
No. A
191: 95).
Paratypes
males, females, as
holotype
(NMST
Nos. A
191: 76, 96)
.
Diagnostic characters
: The well sclerotized hook-like apical projection of the phallapodeme ending in 2–3 distinct, sharp teeth (
Fig. 34 B
) will separate the species from all other species of the
Pseudosmittia
complex
Although no lateral spinules of the virga were observed they could well be present, but weak as in the rest of the
annulata
group. However, the placement within
Hydrosmittia
is tentative as the species falls outside the genus in some parsimony tests and the immatures are unknown. We regard the absence of oral projections on the transverse sternapodeme as a synapomorphy with the rest of the
annulata
group and the presence of two apical teeth on the phallapodeme, although unsclerotized, present also in
H. tenuistylata
as a likely synapomorphy.
The species is redescribed by
Saether (2006: 41)
.
Distribution
The species is known only from the
type
locality in
Japan
.