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is recognised by the crescent-shaped virga, AR greater than 1.50, slender gonostylus, and broad-based anal point with 8 setae.
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<emphasis id="64999F54FA493353FF43146AFE87265A" bold="true" box="[199,337,1374,1400]" pageId="2" pageNumber="53">Description</emphasis>
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Total length 1.151.21,
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. Wing length 0.610.68,
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. Total length/wing length 1.771.88, 1.84. Wing length/length of profemur 2.32.47, 2.41.
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. AR 1.561.59, 1.57; 13 flagellomeres; ultimate flagellomere 216225, 223 μm long; head width 282 291, 286 μm; temporal setae absent; clypeus with 4 setae; palpomere lengths (IV) (μm): 1519, 18; 15; 2931, 30; 4852, 50; 7881, 80; CA 0.590.63, 0.61; CP 1.4691.574, 1.481.
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). Dorsocentrals 89, 9; acrostichals 2; scutellars 56, 5; prealars 23, 3.
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<emphasis id="64999F54FA493353FF431797FED7259E" box="[199,257,1699,1724]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="53">Wing</emphasis>
(
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). VR 1.31.8, 1.6; VR
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1.521.57, 1.55; anal lobe weak; costal extension 512, 11 μm; FCu slightly bent; brachiolar 1; wing veins C, Sc, R
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, R
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, R
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, M, Cu bare; squama bare.
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<emphasis id="64999F54FA493353FF4317DFFF272426" box="[199,241,1771,1796]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="53">Leg</emphasis>
. Spurs on fore, mid, and hind tibia 2124, 23 μm; 1718, 18 μm; 2831, 30 μm long, respectively. Width at apex of fore, mid, and hind tibia 1921, 20 μm; 18 μm; 2123, 22 μm respectively. Length and proportions of leg segments in μm given in
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.
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<emphasis id="64999F54FA483352FF1C16A3FECC248D" bold="true" box="[152,282,1943,1967]" pageId="3" pageNumber="54">FIGURE 2.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="64999F54FA483352FEA616ACFE302492" box="[290,486,1944,1968]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="54">Pseudosmittia luna</emphasis>
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</emphasis>
male (AD). A, B.Thorax; C. Wing, scale: 50 µm; D. Hypopygium, scale: 50 µm; E. Virga.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<emphasis id="64999F54FA4F3355FF1C1666FECC2448" bold="true" box="[152,282,1874,1898]" pageId="4" pageNumber="55">FIGURE 3.</emphasis>
A. Histogram of pairwise K2P distances of 23 aligned sequences using ABGD. The x-axis shows the pairwise K2P-distance, and the y-axis shows the number of pairwise sequence comparisons; B. Neighbour-Joining tree based on the COX1 gene sequences of
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<emphasis id="64999F54FA4F3355FE1816ACFD892492" box="[412,607,1944,1968]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="55">Pseudosmittia luna</emphasis>
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</emphasis>
and twenty-eight most similar sequences from NCBI GenBank,
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<emphasis id="64999F54FA4F3355FAAD16ACFA4A2492" box="[1321,1436,1944,1968]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="55">Allocladius</emphasis>
Kieffer
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="64999F54FA4F3355FE94168FFE4324F1" box="[272,405,1979,2003]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="55">Hydrosmittia</emphasis>
Ferrington &amp; Saether
</taxonomicName>
as outgroup. Bootstrap value indicated above the nodes Scale: 0.02 substitutions per nucleotide position.
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<emphasis id="64999F54FA4E3354FF1C11A3FED9238D" bold="true" box="[152,271,151,175]" pageId="5" pageNumber="56">TABLE 1.</emphasis>
Lengths and proportions of leg segments of
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<emphasis id="64999F54FA4E3354FD6811A3FC6F238D" box="[748,953,151,175]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="56">Pseudosmittia luna</emphasis>
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, male (n=8).
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<table id="24EDB1E6FA4ECCAEFF1311F4FAE82119" box="[151,1342,192,571]" gridcols="6" gridrows="9" pageId="5" pageNumber="56">
<tr id="E8DD4104FA4ECCAEFF1311F4FAE823FC" box="[151,1342,192,222]" gridrow="0" pageId="5" pageNumber="56" rowspan-0="1">
<th id="AB0C2878FA4ECCAEFF7D11F4FE5C23FC" box="[249,394,192,222]" gridcol="1" gridrow="0" pageId="5" pageNumber="56">Fe</th>
<th id="AB0C2878FA4ECCAEFE3A11F4FDF523FC" box="[446,547,192,222]" gridcol="2" gridrow="0" pageId="5" pageNumber="56">Ti</th>
<th id="AB0C2878FA4ECCAEFD0811F4FCF523FC" box="[652,803,192,222]" gridcol="3" gridrow="0" pageId="5" pageNumber="56">ta 1</th>
<th id="AB0C2878FA4ECCAEFC0211F4FB9923FC" box="[902,1103,192,222]" gridcol="4" gridrow="0" pageId="5" pageNumber="56">ta 2</th>
<th id="AB0C2878FA4ECCAEFB0811F4FAE823FC" box="[1164,1342,192,222]" gridcol="5" gridrow="0" pageId="5" pageNumber="56">ta 3</th>
</tr>
<tr id="E8DD4104FA4ECCAEFF1311DCFAE82222" box="[151,1342,232,256]" gridrow="1" pageId="5" pageNumber="56">
<th id="AB0C2878FA4ECCAEFF1311DCFF162222" box="[151,192,232,256]" gridcol="0" gridrow="1" pageId="5" pageNumber="56">P1</th>
<td id="AB0C2878FA4ECCAEFF7D11DCFE5C2222" box="[249,394,232,256]" gridcol="1" gridrow="1" pageId="5" pageNumber="56">255275, 265</td>
<td id="AB0C2878FA4ECCAEFE3A11DCFB992222" box="[446,1103,232,256]" colspan="3" colspanRight="2" gridcol="2" gridrow="1" pageId="5" pageNumber="56">297301, 300 173178, 175 7377, 75</td>
<td id="AB0C2878FA4ECCAEFB0811DCFAE82222" box="[1164,1342,232,256]" gridcol="5" gridrow="1" pageId="5" pageNumber="56">7476, 75</td>
</tr>
<tr id="E8DD4104FA4ECCAEFF131024FAE8220A" box="[151,1342,272,296]" gridrow="2" pageId="5" pageNumber="56">
<th id="AB0C2878FA4ECCAEFF131024FF16220A" box="[151,192,272,296]" gridcol="0" gridrow="2" pageId="5" pageNumber="56">P2</th>
<td id="AB0C2878FA4ECCAEFF7D1024FE5C220A" box="[249,394,272,296]" gridcol="1" gridrow="2" pageId="5" pageNumber="56">300320, 315</td>
<td id="AB0C2878FA4ECCAEFE3A1024FB99220A" box="[446,1103,272,296]" colspan="3" colspanRight="2" gridcol="2" gridrow="2" pageId="5" pageNumber="56">328335, 330 178181, 180 8286, 85</td>
<td id="AB0C2878FA4ECCAEFB081024FAE8220A" box="[1164,1342,272,296]" gridcol="5" gridrow="2" pageId="5" pageNumber="56">7477, 75</td>
</tr>
<tr id="E8DD4104FA4ECCAEFF13100CFAE82273" box="[151,1342,312,337]" gridrow="3" pageId="5" pageNumber="56">
<th id="AB0C2878FA4ECCAEFF13100CFF162273" box="[151,192,312,337]" gridcol="0" gridrow="3" pageId="5" pageNumber="56">P3</th>
<td id="AB0C2878FA4ECCAEFF7D100CFE5C2273" box="[249,394,312,337]" gridcol="1" gridrow="3" pageId="5" pageNumber="56">290311, 306</td>
<td id="AB0C2878FA4ECCAEFE3A100CFB992273" box="[446,1103,312,337]" colspan="3" colspanRight="2" gridcol="2" gridrow="3" pageId="5" pageNumber="56">291298, 292 194198, 195 8992, 90</td>
<td id="AB0C2878FA4ECCAEFB08100CFAE82273" box="[1164,1342,312,337]" gridcol="5" gridrow="3" pageId="5" pageNumber="56">8891, 90</td>
</tr>
<tr id="E8DD4104FA4ECCAEFF1310B6FAE822B8" box="[151,1342,386,410]" gridrow="4" pageId="5" pageNumber="56">
<th id="AB0C2878FA4ECCAEFF1310B6FAE822B8" box="[151,1342,386,410]" colspan="6" colspanRight="5" gridcol="0" gridrow="4" pageId="5" pageNumber="56">Continued.</th>
</tr>
<tr id="E8DD4104FA4ECCAEFF13109EFAE822EB" box="[151,1342,426,457]" gridrow="5" pageId="5" pageNumber="56" rowspan-0="1">
<td id="AB0C2878FA4ECCAEFF7D109EFE5C22EB" box="[249,394,426,457]" gridcol="1" gridrow="5" pageId="5" pageNumber="56">ta4</td>
<td id="AB0C2878FA4ECCAEFE3A109EFDF522EB" box="[446,547,426,457]" gridcol="2" gridrow="5" pageId="5" pageNumber="56">ta 5</td>
<td id="AB0C2878FA4ECCAEFD08109EFCF522EB" box="[652,803,426,457]" gridcol="3" gridrow="5" pageId="5" pageNumber="56">LR</td>
<td id="AB0C2878FA4ECCAEFC02109EFB9922EB" box="[902,1103,426,457]" gridcol="4" gridrow="5" pageId="5" pageNumber="56">BV</td>
<td id="AB0C2878FA4ECCAEFB08109EFAE822EB" box="[1164,1342,426,457]" gridcol="5" gridrow="5" pageId="5" pageNumber="56">SV</td>
</tr>
<tr id="E8DD4104FA4ECCAEFF1310E6FAE822C8" box="[151,1342,466,490]" gridrow="6" pageId="5" pageNumber="56">
<th id="AB0C2878FA4ECCAEFF1310E6FF1622C8" box="[151,192,466,490]" gridcol="0" gridrow="6" pageId="5" pageNumber="56">P1</th>
<td id="AB0C2878FA4ECCAEFF7D10E6FE5C22C8" box="[249,394,466,490]" gridcol="1" gridrow="6" pageId="5" pageNumber="56">4348, 45</td>
<td id="AB0C2878FA4ECCAEFE3A10E6FDF522C8" box="[446,547,466,490]" gridcol="2" gridrow="6" pageId="5" pageNumber="56">3742, 40</td>
<td id="AB0C2878FA4ECCAEFD0810E6FCF522C8" box="[652,803,466,490]" gridcol="3" gridrow="6" pageId="5" pageNumber="56">0.58059, 0.58</td>
<td id="AB0C2878FA4ECCAEFC0210E6FB9922C8" box="[902,1103,466,490]" gridcol="4" gridrow="6" pageId="5" pageNumber="56">3.103.19, 3.14</td>
<td id="AB0C2878FA4ECCAEFB0810E6FAE822C8" box="[1164,1342,466,490]" gridcol="5" gridrow="6" pageId="5" pageNumber="56">3.193.23, 3.22</td>
</tr>
<tr id="E8DD4104FA4ECCAEFF1310CEFAE82131" box="[151,1342,506,531]" gridrow="7" pageId="5" pageNumber="56">
<th id="AB0C2878FA4ECCAEFF1310CEFF162131" box="[151,192,506,531]" gridcol="0" gridrow="7" pageId="5" pageNumber="56">P2</th>
<td id="AB0C2878FA4ECCAEFF7D10CEFE5C2131" box="[249,394,506,531]" gridcol="1" gridrow="7" pageId="5" pageNumber="56">4446, 45</td>
<td id="AB0C2878FA4ECCAEFE3A10CEFDF52131" box="[446,547,506,531]" gridcol="2" gridrow="7" pageId="5" pageNumber="56">4446, 45</td>
<td id="AB0C2878FA4ECCAEFD0810CEFCF52131" box="[652,803,506,531]" gridcol="3" gridrow="7" pageId="5" pageNumber="56">0.54</td>
<td id="AB0C2878FA4ECCAEFC0210CEFB992131" box="[902,1103,506,531]" gridcol="4" gridrow="7" pageId="5" pageNumber="56">3.273.3, 3.0</td>
<td id="AB0C2878FA4ECCAEFB0810CEFAE82131" box="[1164,1342,506,531]" gridcol="5" gridrow="7" pageId="5" pageNumber="56">3.523.61, 3.58</td>
</tr>
<tr id="E8DD4104FA4ECCAEFF131317FAE82119" box="[151,1342,547,571]" gridrow="8" pageId="5" pageNumber="56">
<th id="AB0C2878FA4ECCAEFF131317FF162119" box="[151,192,547,571]" gridcol="0" gridrow="8" pageId="5" pageNumber="56">P3</th>
<td id="AB0C2878FA4ECCAEFF7D1317FE5C2119" box="[249,394,547,571]" gridcol="1" gridrow="8" pageId="5" pageNumber="56">5962, 60</td>
<td id="AB0C2878FA4ECCAEFE3A1317FDF52119" box="[446,547,547,571]" gridcol="2" gridrow="8" pageId="5" pageNumber="56">4446, 45</td>
<td id="AB0C2878FA4ECCAEFD081317FCF52119" box="[652,803,547,571]" gridcol="3" gridrow="8" pageId="5" pageNumber="56">0.66</td>
<td id="AB0C2878FA4ECCAEFC021317FB992119" box="[902,1103,547,571]" gridcol="4" gridrow="8" pageId="5" pageNumber="56">2.752.8, 2.76</td>
<td id="AB0C2878FA4ECCAEFB081317FAE82119" box="[1164,1342,547,571]" gridcol="5" gridrow="8" pageId="5" pageNumber="56">2.99309, 3.04</td>
</tr>
</table>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="56524346FA4E3354FF43135FFE982036" blockId="5.[151,1437,618,1580]" pageId="5" pageNumber="56">
<emphasis id="64999F54FA4E3354FF43135FFE8021A6" box="[199,342,619,644]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="56">Hypopygium</emphasis>
(
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). Anal point 69, 8 μm long; phallapodeme 3945, 42 μm long; transverse sternapodeme 2837, 32 μm long; virga (
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) crescent shaped, 2628, 27 μm long; inferior volsella triangular with no accessory lobes, 5154, 52 μm long, reaching 0.770.78, 0.78 of gonocoxite; gonocoxite 6669, 68 μm long; gonostylus 3842, 41 μm long, slender; crista well developed, megaseta 6 μm long. HR 1.781.84, 1.81; HV 1.692.88, 2.28.
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</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="1EF710CDFA4E3354FF43122AFB892676" pageId="5" pageNumber="56" type="discussion">
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<emphasis id="64999F54FA4E3354FF43122AFEE2201A" bold="true" box="[199,308,798,824]" pageId="5" pageNumber="56">Remarks</emphasis>
.
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<emphasis id="64999F54FA4E3354FEC5122AFDC1201A" box="[321,535,798,824]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="56">Pseudosmittia luna</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="7FAA222FFA4E3354FD99122AFD82201A" box="[541,596,798,824]" pageId="5" pageNumber="56" rank="species">sp.n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
belongs to
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<emphasis id="64999F54FA4E3354FD57122AFCAE201A" box="[723,888,798,824]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="56">brachydicrana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
group based on a weak but not reduced anal lobe, a short costal extension, a postcubital fork in wing, reduced or lack of superior volsella, inferior volsella placed posterior on the gonocoxite, and inconspicuous crista dorsalis.
</paragraph>
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The species is similar to
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in the shape of inferior volsella. However, anal point of the new species is much smaller than
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(20 μm) along with smaller HR (2.02), longer virga (20 μm) and higher AR (0.89). A comparison of some morphological characteristics of adult males among the proposed new species with other species in the genus is provided in table 2.
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The K2P distances between the five sequences varied from 0 to 0.01. The average interspecific K2P distances reported from NCBI and BOLD for the genus
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were 0.09 (
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). The average interspecific K2P distance between the genera of the subfamily
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). These K2P values were utilised for discrimination and delimitation of the species (
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). The COX1 sequences of
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can be differentiated from other sequenced species by more than 10% divergence which is more than the interspecific divergence obtained by ABGD analysis (9.6%). Among all the sequences available at NCBI GenBank, the barcode sequence of the proposed new species showed least divergence with an unknown species with accession number
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. The results are represented in the form of a dendrogram (
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) using K2P and uniform distribution. The distance among the sequences is shown in the form of a matrix (S1)).
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. The species is strictly diurnal. Individuals belonging to the species were never found in light trap collections. Large swarms occur over a marker at a height of about
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. The midges used any object as marker like vehicles, dried leaves, and inflorescence. Swarms were observed to disperse once the markers were moved. Swarming took place under bright sunlight in hot and humid conditions of 86 to 90% and temperatures 35 to 40°C. Multiple swarms in a small area were a common occurrence. Swarming was observed between mid-morning and mid-evening.
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