Review of the genus Onconeura Andersen et Saether (Diptera: Chironomidae), with the description of four new species from Brazil
Author
Wiedenbrug, Sofia
Author
Mendes, Humberto F.
Author
Pepinelli, Mateus
Author
Trivinho-Strixino, Susana
text
Zootaxa
2009
2265
1
26
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.190820
32152780-5bd3-49a4-b3c5-5a13c9fb3db8
1175-5326
190820
Key to known pupae of
Onconeura
Andersen
et
Saether
1. Fringe of anal lobe much shorter as anal lobe length .................................................................................................. 2
- Fringe of anal lobe with at least some taeniate seta subequal or longer as anal lobe length ....................................... 4
2. Frontal apotome keel shaped (
Fig. 9
A); L2 -seta never as long as half of segment length .........
Onconeura
sp. “hat”
- Frontal apotome not as above; L2 -seta at least as long as half of segment length....................................................... 3
3. TII/III with 6
–
10 hooklets on conjunctive; shagreen of TII–TIV not contiguous to posterior row of spines; spines of caudal row on TIV almost as long as wide (
Fig. 9
F) ...........................................................
Onconeura
sp. “taquara”
-
TII/III with 0
–
1 hooklet on conjunctive; shagreen of TII–TIV contiguous to caudal spine rows; spines of caudal row on TIV longer than wide (
Fig. 1
E) ...................................................................................
Onconeura cascatinha
sp.n.
4. TIII–TVII with three L-setae; fringe with less than 10 taeniate setae subequal or longer than anal lobus length......... .......................................................................................................................................
Onconeura oncovolsella
sp.n.
- TIII–TVII with four L-setae; fringe with more than 10 taeniate setae longer than anal lobus ................................... 5
5. Conjunctive TV/VI and TVI/VII with 2 hooklets only; sternite II usually without shagreen .......................................
...............................................................................................
Onconeura
sp. “ET157” (Ospina
Torres 1992
, fig. 164)
- Conjunctive TV/VI always and TVI/VII usually with more than two hooklets; sternite II with fine shagreen or long spines ........................................................................................................................................................................... 6
6. Points of shagreen on sternite II about as long as points of shagreen on sternite III .................................................. 7
- Posterior points of shagreen on sternite II longer than points of shagreen on sternite III ........................................... 8
7. L2 -seta of segment VIII very long reaching fringe bases; conjunctive TII/III usually with 4–5 hooklets.....................
......................................................................................................................................................
Onconeura japi
sp.n.
- L2 -seta of segment VIII shorter; conjunctive TII/III usually with 2–3 hooklets.............
Onconeura similispina
sp.n.
8. Median area of TII, TIII and SII without shagreen; posterior field of shagreen on SII with strongly needle like spinules ....................................................................................................................................
Onconeura
sp. “
buriti”
- Median area of TII, TIII and SII with shagreen; posterior field of shagreen on SII with points slightly longer than others............................................................................................................................................................................ 9
9. Fringe with more than 20 taeniate setae longer than anal lobus; L2-seta on segment VIII longer and stronger than L1- seta ...............................................................................................................
Onconeura semifimbriata
(
Saether, 1981
)
- Fringe with less than 15 taeniate setae longer than anal lobus; L-seta on segment VIII subequal ................................ ........................................................................................................
Onconeura undecimata
Andersen
et
Saether 2005