A taxonomic revision of genus Labrundinia Fittkau, 1962 (Diptera: Chironomidae: Tanypodinae)
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Silva, Fabio Laurindo Da
Author
Fonseca-Gessner, Alaide Aparecida
Author
Ekrem, Torbjørn
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Zootaxa
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Labrundinia hirsuta
Roback, 1987
(
Fig. 23
)
Labrundinia hirsuta
Roback, 1987: 221
(description of male).
Material examined.
Type
material:
Holotype
male,
Colombia
:
Departamento del
Meta
, Puerto López, Laguna
Mozambique
,
16 km
s. w. of Puerto López,
25.ii.1972
, N. R. Foster (
ANSP
). 4
Paratypes
:
1 male
same data as
holotype
except for
6.iii.1971
(
ANSP
).
3 male
same data as
holotype
except for
9.iii.1971
(
ANSP
).
Diagnostic characters.
Labrundinia hirsuta
differs from other
Labrundinia
species by the combination of the following characters.
Adult male
: abdominal tergites I–II pale, T II-V with narrow, laterally tapered band T VI with U-shaped band, T VI–VIII almost completely brown; hypopygium pale, sternapodeme with distinct anterior process.
Adult male (n = 5 unless otherwise stated)
Size.
Total length 2.1–2.5 (2) mm. Wing length 1.2–1.3 (4) mm. Total length/wing length 2.04–2.15 (2). Wing length/ profemur length 2.81–3.11 (3).
Coloration
. Head brown with dark brown occipital margin; pedicel and antenna brown; maxillary palp pale. Thorax dark brown; antepronotum pale; supraalar callus dark brown. Wing membrane transparent with one median band present, about ⅔, formed mostly by dark hairs. Legs pale brown. Femur I with apex brown, Fe II–III brown. Tibia I with apex and base brown, Ti II pale, Ti III with apex brown. Tarsomere 1 with apex brown, tarsomeres 2–5 pale brown. Abdominal tergites I–II pale, II-V with narrow, laterally tapered band T VI with U-shaped band, T VI– VIII almost completely brown; hypopygium pale (
Fig. 23L
).
Head
(
Figs 23A–E
). Temporal setae 10–15, uniserial (
Fig. 23B
). Eye ratio 1.18–1.50. Tentorium (
Fig. 23C
) 112–147 Μm long. Clypeus 98–125 (4) Μm long, 69–88 Μm wide at largest part, bearing 16–19 setae. Cibarial pump 161–170 (4) Μm long (
Fig. 23D
), with anterior margin concave. Lengths of palpomeres 1–5 (in Μm): 33–37 (4); 49–65; 118–133; 137–159 (4); 233–239 (4). Antennal flagellum 843–857 (4) Μm long, diameter of pedicel 107– 119 (3) Μm, apical setae single (
Fig. 23E
), AR 1.52–1.55 (2).
Thorax
. Antepronotum with 5–6 (4) lateral setae. Acrostichals 40–44 (4), biserial, diverging evenly posteriorly, starting close to antepronotum and almost reaching scutellum; dorsocentrals 20–22, irregularly biserial; prealars 8–9 (4); supraalars 3 (4). Anapleural suture ratio 0.46–0.52. Scutellum with transverse row of 8–10 setae and group of numerous fine anterior setae.
Wing
(
Fig. 23F
). Width 0.3–0.4 (4) mm. Costa 1.0–1.1 (4) mm long. R2+3 present. VR 0.72–0.77 (4). WW 0.27–0.31 (4). Brachiolum with 2 setae (3). Squama setiferous.
Legs
(
Figs 23G–K
). Fore leg: width at apex of tibia 31–39 Μm (
Fig. 23G
), tibia with single, apical and pectinate spur 13–16 (3) Μm long (
Fig. 23H
), with four and two preapical setae; ta1 with two preapical pseudospurs. Mid leg: width at apex of tibia 31–39 (4) Μm long (
Fig.
23I
), tibia with single, apical and pectinate spur 16–25 (3) Μm long with four teeth (
Fig. 23J
) and two preapical setae; ta1-4 each with two preapical pseudospurs.
Hind
leg: width at apex of tibia 39 (2) Μm long (
Fig. 23K
), tibia without spur; comb with 8 (4) bristles; ta1 with two preapical pseudospurs. Claws slender, hooked; pulvilli absent. Lengths and proportion of leg segments as in
Table 15
.
TABLE 15.
Lengths (in µm) and proportions of leg segments in
Labrundinia hirsuta
Roback
, adult male (
n
= 5).
fe ti ta1 ta2 ta3
p1 422–481 438–481 273–297 (2) 188–195 (2) 125–141 (2) p2 602–688 503–523 581 (1) 259 (1) 141
p3 523–546 (3) 643 (1) 555 (1) 281 (1) 184 (1) ta4 ta5 LR BV SV
p1 94–96 (2) 63 (2) 0.55–0.62 (2) 2.42–2.62 (2) 3.02–3.62 (2) p2 95 (1) 78 (1) 1.16 (1) 2.97 (1) 1.95 (1) p3 133(1) 86 (1) 0.86 (1) 2.54 (1) 2.13 (1)
Hypopygium
(
Fig 23M
). Tergite IX arched, with 12–13 posterior setae. Membranous anal point trapezoidal, slightly concave. Phallapodeme 55–67 (2) Μm long. Sternapodeme with distinct anterior process. Gonocoxite cylindrical, 137–151 Μm long, 62–75 Μm wide. GcR 1.89–2.40. Gonostylus simple and slender, 86–92 Μm long; megaseta, 16–18 (3) Μm long. HR 1.55–1.75 (4). HV 2.44 (1).
Adult female, pupa and larva
. Unknown.
FIGURES 23A–M.
Labrundinia hirsuta
Roback
, adult male.
A.
Head, frontal view.
B.
Temporal setae.
C.
Tentorium.
D.
Cibarial pump.
E.
Apex of antenna.
F.
Wing.
G.
Apex of fore tibia.
H.
Fore tibial spur.
I.
Apex of mid tibia.
J.
Mid tibial spur.
K.
Apex of hind tibia with comb.
L.
Abdominal coloration pattern, dorsal aspect.
M.
Hypopygium, left: ventral aspect, right: dorsal aspect.
Remarks.
Adults of
Labrundinia hirsuta
can easily be separated from all other
Labrundinia
species by the narrow transverse, laterally tapered band on abdominal tergite V and U-shaped band on tergite VI.
Labrundinia hirsuta
has been recorded only from its
type
locality in
Colombia
. The adults were collected in the area of Laguna
Mozambique
, which is characterized by the presence of
Scirpus cubensis
and
Pastalum repens
along the shore and pH around 4.5. The larvae from this area described by
Roback (1987a)
could not with certainty be associated with the adults. Thus, the immatures of
L. hirsuta
remain unknown.