Revision of Polypedilum (Pentapedilum) Kieffer and Ainuyusurika Sasa et Shirasaki (Diptera: Chironomidae)
Author
Oyewo, Emmanuel Adeoye
Author
Saether, Ole A.
text
Zootaxa
2008
2008-12-05
1953
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journal article
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Ainuyusurika tuberculatum
(Tokunaga)
(
Figs 47A, E
)
Polypedilum
(
Pentapedilum
)
tuberculatum
Tokunaga, 1940b: 290
.
Ainuyusurika tuberculata
(Tokunaga)
;
Sasa (1988b: 80)
.
Ainuyusurika tuberculatus
(Tokunaga)
;
Sasa and Kikuchi (1995: 35)
.
Type
material.
The
type
material supposedly present in the Sasa collection is missing.
Diagnostic characters.
The species differs from
A
.
yakuabeum
by having the lateral seta of the superior volsella arising from the posterolateral corner and not on the shaft. The inferior volsella apparently is thumblike and with recurved setae confined to the posterior margin.
Male.
Described in most details by
Sasa (1988b: 80)
. Hypopygium and superior volsella as in
Figures 47A, E
.