Heterotrissocladius Spärck from China (Diptera: Chironomidae)
Author
Kong, Fanqing
Author
Wang, Xinhua
text
Zootaxa
2011
2733
63
68
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.206036
28370cf1-101b-4a8a-a3c9-16793ec82652
1175-5326
206036
Heterotrissocladius reductus
sp. n.
(
Figs. 3
A–B)
Type
material.
Holotype
male (BDN No. 02187),
CHINA
: Fujian Province, Wuyishan Mountain Natural Conversation area,
29.iv.1993
, light trap, X. Wang.
Diagnostic characters.
The new species can be separated from other members of the genus by having a triangular blunt anal point, a low and pointed crista dorsalis and a reduced anal lobe of wing.
Etymology.
From Latin,
reduc
– means reduced, referring to the wing with reduced anal lobe.
Description.
Male imago (n = 1).
Total length
2.45 mm
. Wing length
1.48 mm
. Total length / wing length 1.66. Wing length / length of profemur 2.54.
Coloration.
Head, thorax and legs brown. Abdomen yellowish brown. Wing nearly transparent.
Head.
AR 0.95. Temporal setae 10 including 3 inner verticals, 4 outer verticals and 3 postorbitals. Clypeus with 14 setae. Tentorium 125 Μm long, 27 Μm wide. Stipes
60 m
long; 45 Μm wide. Palpomere lengths (in Μm): 15; 33; 88; 80; 125. Length ratio of palpomeres 5th/3 rd 1.42.
Wing
(
Fig. 3
A). Anal lobe reduced. VR 1.14. R with 21 setae, R1 with 15, R4+5 with 21 and M1+2 with 65 setae; r4+5 with c. 150 setae, m1+2 with 95, m3+4 with c. 40 and cell an with 12 setae. Squama with 6 setae.
Thorax.
Dorsocentrals 6; acrostichals 7; prealars 4; scutellars 14.
Legs.
Spur of front tibia 31 Μm long; of mid tibia 20 Μm and 18 Μm long; of hind tibia 48 Μm and 20 Μm long including 31 Μm long comb. Width at apex of front tibia 38 Μm, of mid tibia 38 Μm, of hind tibia 40 Μm. All the tarsomeres lost.
Hypopygium
(
Fig. 3
B). Anal point nearly triangular with blunt apex, 63 Μm long, 37 Μm wide. Tergite IX with 13 setae on the anal point; laterosternite IX with 4 setae. Phallapodeme 40 Μm long; transverse sternapodeme 97 Μm long. Virga
42 m
long. Gonocoxite 163 Μm long. Inferior volsella 55 Μm long, with 12 long setae. Gonostylus widest in apical part and narrowed at base, 75 Μm long, with pointed crista dorsalis, megaseta 10 Μm long. HR 2.17, HV 3.27.
Remarks.
According to
Saether (1975)
, the new species can be included in the
marcidus
species group. It is close to
H. cooki
Saether (1975)
in the most structures of its hypopygium, but can be separated by the much higher 5th/3 rd palpomere ratio (c. 1.0 in
H. cooki
) and the much lower antennal ratio (AR
1.56–1.84 in
H. cooki
).
Distribution.
The new species was collected in a subtropical mountain area in Fujian province (Oriental
China
).