A review of the genus Compterosmittia Saether, 1981 (Diptera: Chironomidae) from China
Author
Lin, Xiaolong
Author
Yao, Yuanyuan
Author
Liu, Wenbin
Author
Wang, Xinhua
text
Zootaxa
2013
3669
2
129
138
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3669.2.3
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Compterosmittia
Saether
Compterosmittia
Saether, 1981: 20
.
Hirosimayusurika
Sasa, Shimomura
et
Matsuo, 1991: 282
.
Type
species:
Compterosmittia dentispina
Saether, 1981
, by original designation.
Emended generic diagnosis.
Based on the material presently examined and the data referred, the generic diagnosis of male
Compterosmittia
given by Mendes
et al
. (2004) can be emended as follows: “pseudospurs lacking” should be changed to “pseudospurs often lacking, sometimes present’’ (present on ta3 and ta4 of mid and hind legs in
C
.
procera
sp. n.
); “the male antenna has 10 or 13 flagellomeres” should be changed to 10, 12 (
C
.
duodecima
sp. n.
) or 13 flagellomeres.