Paracladopelma Harnisch from the Sino-Indian Region (Diptera: Chironomidae) Author Yan, Chuncai Author Jin, Zhaohui Author Wang, Xinhua text Zootaxa 2008 1934 1 29 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.184929 f0c73773-d05f-4138-9f2b-e8b762bc54a1 1175-5326 184929 Paracladopelma kuramaclarum Sasa ( Figs 33–35 ) Paracladopelma kuramaclara Sasa, 1989: 48 . Paracladopelma kuramaclara Sasa; Sasa and Kikuchi (1995 : 103); Sasa (1998: 31); Saether et al . (2000 : 191 ). Paracladopelma tokaradiea Sasa et Suzuki, 1995 : 260 . Syn. nov. Material examined: Holotype male of P. kuramaclarum Sasa ( NSM no. 165: 29), JAPAN : Toyama Prefecture, Kyoto, Kurama River, 11.x.1988 , light trap, M. Sasa. Holotype male of P. tokaradiea Sasa et Suzuki ( NSM no. 286: 31), JAPAN : Tokara Islands, Kuchinoshima Island, 18.v.1994 , sweep net, H. Suzuki. Diagnostic characters. The species is easily distinguished from other Paracladopelma species by the plough-shaped superior volsella bearing 2 setae and covered with microtrichia on inner part, and by the lobeshaped inferior volsella with thumb-like projection. Male. Description as in Sasa (1989: 48) with the following corrections: frontal tubercles absent; superior volsella plough-shaped, outer margin with 2 setae, inner part covered with microtrichia; inferior volsella with rounded lobe, sclerotized thumb-like projection, and covered with microtrichia. The wing and hypopygium of the holotype are re-drawn in Figures 33–35 . Remarks. We also re-examined the holotype of P. tokaradiea Sasa et Suzuki , which is identical with P. kuramaclarum Sasa in having a plough-like superior volsella; inferior volsella with thumb-like projection; anal point nearly parallel-sided; and gonostylus straight, parallel-sided. We therefore consider P. tokaradiea Sasa et Suzuki to be a junior synonym of P. kuramaclarum Sasa. Distribution. The species is recorded from Japan .