Review of Xenochironomus Kieffer, 1921 (Diptera: Chironomidae) with description of six new species
Author
Fusari, Lívia Maria
Author
Roque, Fabio De Oliveira
Author
Hamada, Neusa
text
Zootaxa
2013
3646
2
101
126
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3646.2.1
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1175-5326
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Xenochironomus lacertus
Dutta
et
Chaudhuri, 1995
Xenochironomus lacertus
Dutta and Chaudhuri 1995: 29
.
Original material:
Holotype
male (
Type
n° 216, B.U.Ent),
INDIA
,
[West] Bengal [state], Coochbehar,
7.iii.1986
, leg.: T. K. Dutta.
Paratypes
: Madrihat, 24.
iii.1988,
4
males, leg. T. K. Dutta; Kumargram, 24.
iii.1988,
3
males, leg.: T. K. Dutta.
Type
material unavailable.
Diagnosis based on original description and illustrations.
X. lacertus
can be separated from other species in the genus by the following characteristics: male with superior volsella broad and large with a ventral digitiform projection; inferior volsella curved ventrodorsaly