Two new Orthocladiinae (Diptera: Chironomidae) collected in overlooked places of Midwest USA
Author
Namayandeh, Armin
0000-0003-2136-0497
Department of Environmental and Life Sciences, Trent University, 1600 West Bank Drive, Peterborough, ON, Canada. arminnamayandeh @ trentu. ca; a. namayan @ taxanama. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 2136 - 0497
arminnamayandeh@trentu.ca
Author
Hudson, Patrick L.
0000-0002-7646-443X
5597 New Meadow Drive, Ypsilanti, MI 48197. patrick _ hudson @ sbcglobal. net; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 7646 - 443 X Corresponding author
patrick_hudson@sbcglobal.net
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Zootaxa
2022
2022-02-10
5099
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journal article
20706
10.11646/zootaxa.5099.1.5
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1175-5326
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Parakiefferiella mishigami
sp. nov.
Fig. 3
LSID:
urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:
33D7B56A-63BF-4F0E-88B5-DDD24DC2C870
Type material.
Holotype
♂
;
19.V.1991
;
USA
,
Michigan
,
Chippawa Co.
,
Neebish Island
,
St. Marys River
, Downbound channel;
46.292
,
-84.218
; leg.
Patrick Hudson
; deposited at
ARC
.
Diagnostic characters.
The new species can be separated from other
Parakiefferiella
species
by a combination of the following characters: AR 1.1; costa of wing not well-extended; LR
1
0.42; anal point shallow, broadly triangular; virga with two short spines; inferior volsella bilobed with dorsal lobe smaller, anterior to a larger, roundly projecting ventral lobe.
Etymology.
The new species is named after the state of
Michigan
. The name
mishigami
is Ojibwe, meaning a “large lake”.
Description.
Male (n=1).
Total length
2.9 mm
. Wing
2.1 mm
long and
0.51 mm
wide.
FIGURE 3.
Parakiefferiella mishigami
sp. nov.
, male. a. head; b. centre of scutum tuft of setae; c. hypopygium.
Coloration of mounted specimen
. Head, thorax, halter and tergites brown. Legs and sternites light brown. Wing greyish-brown
Head
(
Fig. 3a
). Antenna with 13 flagellomere, last flagellomere with 12 sensilla chaetica, 2
nd
–3
rd
segments each with 2 sensilla chaetica, groove starts at 4
th
segment, AR 1.1. Eyes bare, without dorsomedial extension, temporal setae with 4 inner verticals in single row (
Fig. 3a
). Tentorium narrow with large tentorial pit close to apex (
Fig. 3a
), tentorium 141 μm long. Clypeus rectangular, 71 μm long and 123 μm wide, bearing 7 setae, setae 59–77, 67 μm long. Palpal segments lengths (in μm): 56, 37, 80, 83, 117.
Thorax
. Dorsocentrals 5, prealars 4, scutellars
6 in
single row. Median tuft of setae in centre of scutum (
Fig. 3b
). Humeral pit vestigial. Antepronotal lobes developed, narrowing anteriorly, with small gap and bearing 3 setae.
Wing
. Brachiolum bare. Squama bare. R and R
1
apparently bare, other veins without setae. Costa not well-extended. Anal lobe rounded. Fine punctation visible at 40 x magnification.
Legs
. Femur and tibia of all legs with long beard. Pulvilli vestigial. Fore tibia spur 40 μm long, mid tibia spurs 11 μm long, hind tibia spurs 38 and 15 μm long, hind tibia comb with around 18 spines. Lengths and proportions of legs as in
Table 3
.
TABLE 3.
Male leg lengths (μm) and proportions of
Parakiefferiella mishigami
sp. nov.
fe |
ti |
ta1 |
ta2 |
ta3 |
ta4 |
ta 5 |
LR |
BV |
SV |
BR |
p 1 |
535 |
726 |
303 |
161 |
119 |
82 |
83 |
0.42 |
3.5 |
4.2 |
2.1 |
p2 |
679 |
690 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
p3 |
638 |
709 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Hypopygium
(
Fig. 3c
). Anal point shallow, broadly triangular, bearing around 10 simple setae, anal point 20 μm long and 46 μm wide. Virga consists of two spines, 21 μm long. Sternapodeme slightly arched with large oral projections, sternapodeme 98 μm long. Phallapodeme large, 51 μm long. Inferior volsella consist of two lobes, the dorsal lobe smaller, digitiform, located anteriad to the larger, roundly projecting ventral lobe. Gonostylus bent, tapered posteriorly, gradually expanding anteriorly, gonostylus 82 μm long, crista dorsalis receded. Gonocoxite 193 μm long. HR 2.3, HV 3.4.
Remarks.
Combination of a tuft of setae in centre of scutum, eyes bare and without dorsomedial extension, a bare wing with bare squama, and vestigial pulvilli places this specimen in
Parakiefferiella
. This species can be separated from the species of
Epoicocladius
Zavřel, 1924
based on its relatively short apical palpal segment and a median bent in its gonostylus. The presence of a well-separated bilobed inferior volsella can be seen in some species of
Parakiefferiella
, more prominently in
Parakiefferiella bilobata
Tuiskunen 1986
. However,
P. mishigami
differs from these species in that the posterior lobe is much more prominent than the anterior lobe, and it also differs in shape.
Ecology and habitat.
The single adult collected in the vicinity of St. Marys River,
Michigan
, suggesting the larvae inhabiting large running waters.