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
43771dd5-f8c6-4bbc-ab36-3f2b03c63f21
1175-5326
219502
A574552A-1208-4AB6-B3FA-9D6AAEFEB1E2
Key to the males of
Xenochironomus
[The species
X. lacertus
,
X. flaviventris
and
X. longicrus
were not included in the key because there are no diagnostic characters in their original descriptions.]
1. Setae of anal tergite distributed in one area................................................................. 2
- Setae of anal tergite distributed in two areas................................................................. 6
2. Inferior volsella with plumose setae....................................................................... 3
- Inferior volsella with simple setae........................................................................ 5
3. Sternite VI with large dark setae.......................................................................... 4
- Sternite VI without large dark setae...........................................
Xenochironomus xenolabis
(Kieffer)
4. Sternite VI with 14 setae. Superior volsella with microtrichia only in the inner region..................................................................................................
Xenochironomus trochanteratus
(Thompson)
- Sternite VI with 4 setae. Superior volsella completely covered by microtrichia............
Xenochironomus tuberosus
Wang
5. Superior volsella exposed (visible)............................................
Xenochironomus amazonensis
sp. n.
- Superior volsella unexposed (located inside tergite IX)........................
Xenochironomus ugandae
(Goetghebuer)
6. Setae in the latero-posterior region of tergite IX present...............................
Xenochironomus alaidae
sp. n.
- Setae in the latero-posterior region of tergite IX absent........................................................ 7
7. Anal point long; apex of the anal point surpassing or just reaching the inferior volsella......
Xenochironomus mendesi
sp. n.
- Anal point short; apex of the anal point not surpassing or reaching the inferior volsella............................... 8
8. Inferior volsella wide; superior volsella long and curved ventrally....................
Xenochironomus ethiopensis
sp. n.
- Inferior volsella narrow; superior volsella short and straight.................................................... 9
9. Superior volsella fingerlike; inferior volsella with 2–3 setae at the apex...............
Xenochironomus trisetosus
(Kieffer)
- Superior volsella pediform; inferior volsella with>3 setae at the apex........................................... 10
10. Gonocoxite with setae as long as the gonostylus; gonostyus rounded........................
Xenochironomus grini
sp. n.
- Gonocoxite with setae shorter than the gonostylus; gonostylus narrow apically................................... 11
11. Apex of the inferior volsella rounded.............................................................................................
Xenochironomus ceciliae
Roque
et
Trivinho-Strixino
,
Xenochironomus canterburyensis
(Freeman)
- Apex of the inferior volsella spatulate.............................................
Xenochironomus martini
sp. n.