Taxonomic studies on Harnischia complex from India (Diptera: Chironomidae) Author Mukherjee, Bindarika 0000-0002-9792-7931 Entomology Research Unit, Department of Zoology, The University of Burdwan, Burdwan, India & bindabdn @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 9792 - 7931 bindabdn@gmail.com Author Hazra, Niladri Entomology Research Unit, Department of Zoology, The University of Burdwan, Burdwan, India text Zootaxa 2023 2023-05-05 5278 2 239 263 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5278.2.2 journal article 57600 10.11646/zootaxa.5278.2.2 e1a99a41-0d7a-4bd1-b5e2-f009b582403b 1175-5326 7906073 0D60B8EA-2637-422D-96A7-F48ACE362CCC Microchironomus fuscitarsus ( Guha & Chaudhuri, 1979 ) GenBank accession number. OM827255 Microchironomus fuscitarsus ( Guha & Chaudhuri, 1979 ) : Hazra, Niitsuma & Chaudhuri, 2016: 80 ; Chaudhuri & Chattopadhyay, 1988: 175 Cryptochironomus fuscitarsus Guha & Chaudhuri, 1979: 95 FIGURE 6. Adult male Microchironomus ishii Sasa, 1987 . A. Hypopygium (photograph), B. Hypopygium, scale 0.01 mm, C. Superior volsella, scale 0.01 mm. FIGURE 7. Adult male Microchironomus fuscitarsus ( Guha & Chaudhuri, 1979 ) .A.Hypopygium (photograph), B. Hypopygium, scale 0.01 mm, C. Superior volsella, scale 0.01 mm. Material examined. 8 males , labelled ‘ Microchironomus fuscitarsus ( Guha & Chaudhuri, 1979 ) , India , West Bengal , Burdwan [ 23.2393° N , 87.8512° E ], 05.ii.2021 , 10.v.2021 , 6.vii.2021 , 03.ii.2022 , Coll. N. Hazra’ , 2 males labelled ‘ Microchironomus fuscitarsus ( Guha & Chaudhuri, 1979 ) , India , West Bengal , Birbhum ( 23.668° N , 87.682° E ), 03.iii.2021 , Coll. B. Mukherjee’ , 3 males , labelled ‘ Microchironomus fuscitarsus ( Guha & Chaudhuri, 1979 ) , India , West Bengal , Burdwan [ 23.2446° N , 87.8496° E ], 05.iii.2022 , 10.iv.2021 , Coll. B. Mukherjee’ , 3 males , ‘ Microchironomus fuscitarsus ( Guha & Chaudhuri, 1979 ) , India , West Bengal , Jalpaiguri [ 23.71° N , 88.76° E ], 06.iv.2022 , Coll. P. Hui’ . Remarks ( Figs. 7A–C ). Guha & Chaudhuri (1979) described adult male of this species as Cryptochironomus fuscitarsus while Chaudhuri & Chattopadhyay (1988) described immature stages of this species and transferred this species into the genus Microchironomus . We noticed that few characters of the original description of the adult male are erroneous. Revised characters are: anal tergite band V shaped; superior volsella tapered gradually bearing 3 setae (1 seta at apex and 2 at sub-apex), 57–60 µm long; anal point medially swollen, 76–80 µm long, parallel shaped; laterosternite IX with 3–4 setae on each side of anal point. Distribution. India , West Bengal .