Taxonomic studies on Harnischia complex from India (Diptera: Chironomidae) Author Mukherjee, Bindarika 0000-0002-9792-7931 Entomology Research Unit, Department of Zoology, The University of Burdwan, Burdwan, India & bindabdn @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 9792 - 7931 bindabdn@gmail.com Author Hazra, Niladri Entomology Research Unit, Department of Zoology, The University of Burdwan, Burdwan, India text Zootaxa 2023 2023-05-05 5278 2 239 263 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5278.2.2 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5278.2.2 1175-5326 7906073 0D60B8EA-2637-422D-96A7-F48ACE362CCC Genus Beckidia Saether, 1979 Type species: Harnischia ( Cladopelma ) tethys Townes, 1945 by objective synonymy. Diagnosis (As in Saether, 1977 ; Cranston et al ., 1989 ; Zorina, 2006 ). Acrostichals present or absent; anal point arising from bluntly triangular projection of anal tergite; inferior volsella small, without setae, sometimes fully or partly fused with superior volsella; stout gonostylus widest distally in few species.