Brazilian Pseudochironomini (Diptera: Chironomidae) Part 1. New Pseudochironomus Malloch from highlands
Author
Trivinho-Strixino, Susana
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Zootaxa
2017
2017-01-01
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Pseudochironomus surianae
sp. n.
Shimabukuro & Trivinho-Strixino
Type
material.
Holotype
male,
BRAZIL
, SP,
CampoS do Jordão
,
Galharada Stream
, 3rd order, 22°41”.29’S, 45°27”.42’W,
1584 m
a.S.l.,
09.xi.1999
.
M. T. Suriano
, (
I1 – 36
, LEIA-UFSCar).
Paratype
: three maleS,
Same
data aS
holotype
(
I1 – 37
– 39, LEIA-UFSCar).
FIGURE 9.
Pseudochironomus mocidade
sp. n.
adult male
.
a.
hypopygium, left dorsal right ventral vieW.
b.
superior volsella.
c.
posterior margin of tergite IX.
d.
pars ventralis.
FIGURE 10.
Pseudochironomus surianae
sp. n.
adult male
.
a.
hypopygium, left dorsal right ventral vieW.
b.
superior volsella.
c.
posterior margin of tergite IX.
d.
pars ventralis.
Etymology.
Named in honour to Dr. Marcia ThaiS Suriano who collected theSe SpecimenS.
Diagnostic characters
.
Adult male
: total length
2.89–3.40 mm
; wing length 2.0
1–2.38 mm
; preSence of acroStichalS; Short inferior VolSella; margin of TIX rounded and continuouS, without notch; gonoStyluS long and narrow; parS VentraliS leaf–Shaped, completely diVided.
Male
(n = 4)
Total length
2.89–3.40 mm
. Wing
2.01–2.38 mm
long and
0.59–0.67 mm
wide. Total length/wing length 1.31– 1.46. Wing length/length of profemur 2.33–2.53.
Colouration:
Thorax uniformly brown, without marking (
Fig. 1
d). Abdomen with brown bandS on tergiteS. Wing hyaline with yellow VeinS. Femur yellow, tibia and tarSi dark brown
Head.
AR 1.44–1.59. 13 flagellomereS. LaSt flagellomere length 612–662 µm. ClypeuS with 13–14 Setae. Palpomere –lengthS (µm) 37–59; 50–78; 116–156, 153–203, 225–291. Third palpomere with a Slight fingerlike proceSS.
Thorax
(
Fig. 1
d). AcroStichalS 0–2 (
Fig. 1
d); antepronotalS 2–3, lateral, Small; dorSocentralS
11–13 in
a Single row, ariSing from pale areaS; prealarS 3–4; Scutellum with 11–16 Setae, Simple to double.
Wing
. VR 1.16–1.21. Brachiolum with 2–3 Setae, R with 16–21 Setae, R1 with 2–7, R4+
5 9–14
apical Setae. Squama with 7–15 Setae.
Legs.
Spur of fore tibia 44–53 µm long; SpurS of mid tibia 41–53 and 53–59 µm long; SpurS of hind tibia 41–62 µm and 44–62 µm long. Length of legS and LR proportion aS in
Table 6
.
TABLE 6
. Lengths (in µm) of legs and LR proportion of
Pseudochironomus surianae
sp. n.
(male, n = 4).
fe |
ti |
ta1 |
ta2 |
ta3 |
ta4 |
ta5 |
LR |
P1 |
815–985 |
1108–1231 |
969–1215 |
446–523 |
338–415 |
277–353 |
138–185 |
0.94–1.07 |
P2 |
908–1092 |
908–1077 |
446–585 |
231–292 |
185–231 |
123–138 |
62–123 |
0.47–0.55 |
P3 |
923–1123 |
1046–1231 |
631–815 |
338–462 |
246–277 |
138–185 |
108–123 |
0.60–0.66 |
Hypopygium
(
Fig. 10
a). Tergite IX (
Fig. 10
c) without notch, with a rounded margin bearing 8–21 Setae. LateroSternite IX with 4–6 Setae. Phallapodeme 55–80 µm long. TranSVerSe Sternapodeme 77–89 µm long. Superior VolSella (
Fig. 10
b) 72–91 µm long curVed, apically concaVe ending aS two pointS, the longeSt with 23 µm long. Inferior VolSella Short 43–54 µm long, with microtrichia and long Setae, longeSt apical Setae 29–58 µm long. Median VolSella 12–17 µm long bearS 1 apical Setae 17–25 µm, and one Subapical Seta. Gonocoxite 143–207 µm long. GonoStyluS long 155–169 µm and narrow. HR = 0.9–1.2. ParS VentraliS completely diVided, leaf-Shaped (
Fig. 10
d), 58–78 µm long and 22–25 µm maximum wide.
Remarks
.
P. surianae
sp. n.
, aS well aS
P. ruah
sp. n.
,
P. jordensis
sp. n.
and
P. mocidade
sp. n.
preSentS thoracic acroStichalS. HoweVer,
P. surianae
sp. n.
differS from the other SpecieS by the Size and format of the inferior VolSella, which iS Shorter in
P. surianae
sp. n.
; by the rounded margin of TIX, lacking a terminal notch; by the format of the gonoStyluS, which iS longer and narrower in
P. surianae
sp. n.
; and by the leaf–Shaped format of parS VentraliS.
Ecological
notes.
AdultS were collected in light trapS near low-depth StreamS in mountain region of SoutheaStern
Brazil
. The altitude at the
Sampling
SiteS waS higher than
1500 m
a.S.l.