A review of Neotropical species in Thienemanniella Kieffer (Diptera, Chironomidae)
Author
Wiedenbrug, Sofia
Author
Lamas, Carlos E.
Author
Trivinho-Strixino, Susana
text
Zootaxa
2013
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journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3670.2.7
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Thienemanniella ubatuba
sp. n.
(
Figs 9–11
)
Type
material.
Holotype
male with pupal and larval exuviae;
BRAZIL
, SP,
Ubatuba
, Sertão da Quina, Cachoeira da Renata, bridge,
23°31.231´S
,
45°14.625´W
,
33 m
a.s.l.,
24.I.2011
, S. Wiedenbrug.
Paratypes
: allotype female with pupal and larval exuviae; same data as
holotype
, except
8.I.2011
, UFSCar SW070. Two females with pupal and larval exuviae; same data as
holotype
, except one of them UFSCar SW071. One pharate male and three females, all with pupal and larval exuviae, two of them UFSCar 0 66 and 0 68, and one pharate female, UFSCar SW065, all same data as
holotype
, except
21.I.2011
. One male with pupal and larval exuviae, UFSCar SW069, same data as
holotype
, except
29.XII.2010
.
Additional material examined.
Two males, two pharate males and one pharate female, all with pupal exuviae, and three pupal exuviae; PR, São Luis do Purunã, encontro das águas,
25°27.099´S
,
48°43.459´W
,
10.I.2010
, S. Wiedenbrug. Four pupal exuviae; MG, Gonçalves,
22°38´37.50´´S
,
45°51´27.40´´W
, waterfall “Cachoeira das Andorinhas”,
14.I.2009
, S. Wiedenbrug. Three pupal exuviae; MG, Paraisópolis,
22°39´54.81´´S
,
45°55´38.28´´W
, 2nd-order stream,
1.370 m
a.s.l.,
11.X.2009
, S. Wiedenbrug.
Diagnostic characters.
The pupa of
T. ubatuba
is distinguished from other members of the group by sternite I with very fine shagreen, tergite VIII with shagreen with elongate median and posterior spinules, male sternite VIII with median short spines and posterior spinules stronger but not wide-based. The male of
T. ubatuba
can be distinguished from
T. liae
Paggi
by abdominal tergite color, TII and III being whitish in
T. ubatuba
, brown in
T. liae
. The absence of oral projections on the transverse sternapodeme can help to separate
T. ubatuba
and
T. sanctivincenta
from
T. sancticaroli
. The male of
T. ubatuba
cannot be distinguished from
T. spreta
. The larva is very similar to
T. sancticaroli
, but the antenna/postmentum length ratio about 1.0 is diagnostic for
T. ubatuba
.
Male
(n = 1–3). Total length
1.21–1.60 mm
. Wing length
0.63–0.76 mm
.
Color. Thorax brownish. Tergite I whitish with brownish oral borders; TII and III whitish with brownish median area; TIV–IX brown; TVI and TVII with a white posterior rectangle.
Head. AR = 0.33–0.38. Antenna with 12 flagellomeres, apical flagellomere 100–120 µm long. Flagellomeres with more than one row of setae each. Eyes hairy.
FIGURE 9.
Thienemanniella ubatuba
sp. n.
, adult male.
A
. Fore trochanter.
B
. Hind trochanter.
C–D
. Apex of hind tibia in posterior (C) and anterior view (D).
E
. Wing.
F
. Hypopygium, general view.
G.
Hypopygium with tergite IX and gonostyli removed, internal sclerites hatched; left: ventral view, right: dorsal view.
H.
Gonostylus.
Thorax. Antepronotal lobes tapering, dorsally parallel-sized.
Wing. Clavus/wing length ratio 0.33–0.37. Anal lobe present (
Fig. 9
E).
Legs. Fore and hind trochanter with dorsal keel (
Fig. 9
A, B).
Hind
tibial scale 5 µm long, with one short spur and one long, curved seta (
Fig. 9
C, D).
Tergites. TI with 2 setae; TIII–VII with 5 setae; TVIII with 2 setae.
Hypopygium (
Fig. 9
F, H). Tergite IX with 6–8 setae. Laterosternite IX with 1 seta. Superior volsella elongated with posterior margin at about 45° angle to median margin. Inferior volsella rounded, positioned apically on gonocoxite margin. Transverse sternapodeme 30–32 µm long, without lateral projections; phallapodeme curved to posterior. Gonostylus with a low crista dorsalis.
For measurements, see
Table 1
.
Female
(n = 1–2). Wing length
0.57–0.67 mm
.
Head. AR = 0.40. Antenna with 5 flagellomeres, apical flagellomere 40 µm long. Flagellomeres with one row of setae each. Eyes hairy.
Wing. Clavus/wing length ratio 0.54. Anal lobe present (
Fig. 10
A). 6 setae at clavus in addition to marginal wing setae (not drawn).
FIGURE 10
.
Thienemanniella ubatuba
sp. n.
, adult female.
A
. Wing.
B–C
. Genitalia. B. Ventral view, C. Dorsal view, also showing coxosternapodemes and labia.
Legs.
Hind
tibial scale 7 µm long, with one short spur and one long and curved seta.
Hind
Ta1 with 4–6 sensilla chaetica.
Tergites II–V with 5 setae, VI with 3 or 5, VII with 3, VIII without setae.
Genitalia (
Fig. 10
B, C). Tergite IX with 7 setae. Laterosternite IX with 1 seta. Two subequal seminal capsules, 50 μm long; spermathecal ducts join shortly before seminal eminence. Notum 40 μm long. Apodeme lobe approximately lozenge-shaped, evenly sclerotized, brown. Coxosternapodeme curved. Copulatory bursa with oral median invagination and sclerotized oral borders. Labia membranous, bare. Gonocoxapodeme slightly curved. Cercus 22 μm long.
For measurements, see
Table 2
.
Pupa
(n = 2–3). Total length
1.45–1.80 mm
.
Cephalothorax. Frontal apotome rugose. Thorax suture slightly rugose. Dc-setae in two pairs; Dc1 and Dc3-4 long and taeniate, Dc2 short and hair-like. Wing sheath without pearl rows.
Abdomen (
Fig. 11
A, B). Tergite I bare; TII–V with fine shagreen, with posterior spinules larger; TVI–VIII with homogeneous shagreen, with oral median spinules elongated. Sternite I with very fine shagreen; SII with elongated spinules; SIII–VIII with fine homogeneous shagreen. Tergal conjunctives III/IV–VII/VIII and sternal conjunctives III/IV–VII/VIII with small spinules. Segment I with 1 L-seta, II with 3 and III–VIII with 4 long taeniate L-setae. Anal lobe rounded, with almost complete fringe, 3 taeniate macrosetae, and 1 taeniate median seta. Male genital sac with inner median margin oblique.
For measurements, see
Table 3
.
Larva
(n = 4). Head. Postmentum 132–140 µm long. Head capsule integument yellow and smooth. Mentum (
Fig. 11
C) with three median teeth, central tooth much smaller than adjacent teeth; first lateral teeth adpressed to outer median teeth. Antenna 135–140 µm long (
Fig. 11
D); segments two and three darker than first segment.
Abdomen. Hair-like setae not modified. Posterior parapod with subbasal seta simple.
For measurements, see Table 4.
Remarks.
See remarks on
T. sancticaroli
sp. n.