A review of Antillocladius Saether and Litocladius Mendes, Andersen et Saether, with the description of two new Neotropical genera (Diptera, Chironomidae, Orthocladiinae)
Author
Mendes, Humberto Fonseca
Author
Andersen, Trond
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Zootaxa
2008
2008-09-29
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https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1887.1.1
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.1887.1.1
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Litocladius confusus
sp. n.
(
Figs 79–83
)
Type material:
Holotype
male,
BRAZIL
:
Rio de Janeiro
:
Nova Iguaçu
,
Reserva Biológica Tinguá
,
22°34'34''S
43°26'05''W
,
5–8.iii.2002
,
Malaise trap
(Trilha-2),
S.T.P. Amarante
et al.
(
BIOTA-FAPESP
) (
MZUSP
).
Diagnostic characters:
The species can be separated from the two other members of the genus by the absence of spines on the third palpomere, wing cells and veins bare, the shape of the lateral lamellae of the virga, and the low inferior volsella.
Etymology:
From Latin
confusio
, meaning confusion, as it superficially looks like an
Antillocladius
.
Male
(n = 1). Total length 2.16 mm. Wing length 1.24 mm. Total length / wing length 1.73. Wing length / length of profemur 2.67. Coloration dark brown, thorax dark brown without distinct marks.
Head.
AR 1.28. Ultimate flagellomere
446 µm
long. Temporal setae 9, including 4 inner verticals, 3 outer verticals, and 2 postorbitals. Clypeus with 3 setae. Tentorium, stipes, and cibarial pump as in
Figure 79
. Tentorium
107 µm
long,
20 µm
wide. Stipes
104 µm
long,
45 µm
wide. Palp segment lengths (in µm): 18, 48, 68, 59, 82. Third palpomere with 3 sensilla clavata subapically, longest
14 µm
long.
Thorax
(
Fig. 80
). Antepronotum with 2 setae. Dorsocentrals 8; acrostichals composed of at least 4 anterior strong decumbent setae, 2 weak simple, and 5 posterior scalpellate setae; prealars 3; supraalar 1. Scutellum with 4 setae.
Wing
(
Fig. 81
). VR 1.37. C extension
36 µm
long. Brachiolum with 1 seta, veins and cells bare. Squama with 11 setae.
Legs.
Spur of foretibia
43 µm
long, spurs of midtibia
23 µm
and
15 µm
long, spurs of hind tibia
39 µm
and
15 µm
long. Width at apex of foretibia
27 µm
, of midtibia
25 µm
, of hind tibia
29 µm
. Comb with 13 setae, longest
27 µm
, shortest
11 µm
long. Lengths and proportions of legs as in
Table 13
.
Hypopygium
(
Figs 82–83
). Tergite IX covered with strong microtrichia, laterosternite IX with 6–7 setae. Anal point narrowly triangular,
59 µm
long,
38 µm
wide at base,
3 µm
wide at apex, with 22 setae. Phallapodeme
75 µm
long, transverse sternapodeme
73 µm
long. Virga
39 µm
long. Gonocoxite
134 µm
long. Gonostylus
64 µm
long, megaseta
7 µm
long. HR 2.11, HV 3.38.
Distribution:
This species is known only from the
type
locality in
Rio de Janeiro State
,
Brazil
, where it was collected in a Malaise trap.