Paracladopelma Harnisch from the Sino-Indian Region (Diptera: Chironomidae) Author Yan, Chuncai Author Jin, Zhaohui Author Wang, Xinhua text Zootaxa 2008 1934 1 29 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.184929 f0c73773-d05f-4138-9f2b-e8b762bc54a1 1175-5326 184929 Paracladopelma aratrum Chaudhuri et Chattopadhyay ( Figs 1–2 ) Paracladopelma aratra Chaudhuri et Chattopadhyay, 1990 : 160 . Material examined: Holotype male (EB), INDIA : West Bengal, Bally, 27.vii.1986 , S. Chattopadhyay. Diagnostic characters. The species differs from other Paracladopelma species by the absence of frontal tubercles and the plough-like superior volsella bearing 2 setae in outer margin and covered with microtrichia. Male. Description as in Chaudhuri and Chattopadhyay (1990: 160, fig. 26–28) with the following corrections: eyes with long parallel-sided dorsomedial extension; superior volsella plough-shaped, outer margin with 2 setae, covered with microtrichia; inferior volsella with small rounded lobe, covered with microtrichia. The hypopygium of the holotype is re-drawn in Figures 1–2 . Distribution. The species is recorded from India .