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).
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<emphasis id="30D5EA8BFFD3FFAEFF399453FEE1F88C" bold="true" box="[199,328,1852,1878]" pageId="1" pageNumber="174">Etymology</emphasis>
. From the
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locality, Bengal.
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(n = 4). Total length 4.74.8,
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. Wing length 1.92.0, 2.0 mm, width 0.440.51,
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. Total length/wing length 2.402.47, 2.44, wing length/profemur length 2.302.36, 2.33.
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. Head brown. Thorax, legs, and abdomen pale brown. Wing with dark spots on membrane; 3 spots on cell r
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, 1 on apex of cell m
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and 1 on cell an.
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. Eye with dorsomedial extension strong, parallel-sided, 158163, 161 μm long; vertex with 1117, 14 setae consisting of 57, 6 (3) IV; 4-6, 5 (3) OV and 24, 3 (3) PO. Clypeus with 2022, 21 setae. Corona with 35, 4 setae. Antenna 922938, 930 μm long, with ultimate flagellomere 650658, 654 μm long; AR 2.52.6, 2.6. Length (μm) of palpomeres 15: 4652, 49; 6266, 64; 9498, 96; 112116, 114; 208212, 210. CA ratio 0.650.68, 0.67, CP ratio 1.441.62, 1.53. Frontal tubercle absent.
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Antepronotum with 13, 2 lateral setae. Scutum with conical tubercle; acrostichals 812, 10, uniserial; dorsocentrals 810, 9, uniserial; prealars 24, 3, uniserial. Scutellum with 35, 4 setae.
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160 μm. R with 1012, 11 setae; R
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with 79, 8 setae; R
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with 57, 6 setae; R
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, M and Cu bare. Squama with 1012, 11 setae. Brachiolum with 1 seta. VR 1.001.04, 1.02.
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<emphasis id="30D5EA8BFFD0FFADFF39929DFEADFDD1" box="[199,260,498,523]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="175">Legs.</emphasis>
Apex of foretibia (
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) with broadly rounded scale bearing 3 strong setae. Mid- and hind tibiae each with fused combs bearing single pointed spur 2227, 25 µm long. Foretarsus without beards. Pulvilli plumose on outer surface, reaching to middle of claw. Lengths and proportions of leg segments as in
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.
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<emphasis id="30D5EA8BFFD0FFADFF6991EDFEA5FD40" bold="true" box="[151,268,642,666]" pageId="2" pageNumber="175">TABLE 1.</emphasis>
Lengths (um) and proportions of leg segments of
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<emphasis id="30D5EA8BFFD0FFADFCDA91EDFBCAFD40" box="[804,1123,642,666]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="175">Stictochironomus bengalensis</emphasis>
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, (n = 4).
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<paragraph id="021E3699FFD0FFADFEEC91C8FBBCFB84" pageId="2" pageNumber="175">
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<tr id="BC9134DBFFD00050FF5891C8FAE8FD1E" box="[166,1345,679,708]" gridrow="0" pageId="2" pageNumber="175" rowspan-0="1">
<th id="FF405DA7FFD00050FEEC91C8FE7DFD1E" box="[274,468,679,708]" gridcol="1" gridrow="0" pageId="2" pageNumber="175">fe</th>
<th id="FF405DA7FFD00050FDD691C8FD43FD1E" box="[552,746,679,708]" gridcol="2" gridrow="0" pageId="2" pageNumber="175">ti</th>
<th id="FF405DA7FFD00050FCAA91C8FBBCFD1E" box="[852,1045,679,708]" gridcol="3" gridrow="0" pageId="2" pageNumber="175">ta1</th>
<th id="FF405DA7FFD00050FB8191C8FAE8FD1E" box="[1151,1345,679,708]" gridcol="4" gridrow="0" pageId="2" pageNumber="175">ta2</th>
</tr>
<tr id="BC9134DBFFD00050FF5891A3FAE8FD3F" box="[166,1345,716,741]" gridrow="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="175">
<th id="FF405DA7FFD00050FF5891A3FF16FD3F" box="[166,191,716,741]" gridcol="0" gridrow="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="175">p1</th>
<td id="FF405DA7FFD00050FEEC91A3FE7DFD3F" box="[274,468,716,741]" gridcol="1" gridrow="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="175">829834, 832</td>
<td id="FF405DA7FFD00050FDD691A3FD43FD3F" box="[552,746,716,741]" gridcol="2" gridrow="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="175">846850, 848</td>
<td id="FF405DA7FFD00050FCAA91A3FBBCFD3F" box="[852,1045,716,741]" gridcol="3" gridrow="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="175">878885, 881 (3)</td>
<td id="FF405DA7FFD00050FB8191A3FAE8FD3F" box="[1151,1345,716,741]" gridcol="4" gridrow="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="175">574579, 577 (3)</td>
</tr>
<tr id="BC9134DBFFD00050FF58919DFAE8FCD0" box="[166,1345,754,778]" gridrow="2" pageId="2" pageNumber="175">
<th id="FF405DA7FFD00050FF58919DFF16FCD0" box="[166,191,754,778]" gridcol="0" gridrow="2" pageId="2" pageNumber="175">p2</th>
<td id="FF405DA7FFD00050FEEC919DFE7DFCD0" box="[274,468,754,778]" gridcol="1" gridrow="2" pageId="2" pageNumber="175">750754, 752</td>
<td id="FF405DA7FFD00050FDD6919DFD43FCD0" box="[552,746,754,778]" gridcol="2" gridrow="2" pageId="2" pageNumber="175">734739, 737</td>
<td id="FF405DA7FFD00050FCAA919DFBBCFCD0" box="[852,1045,754,778]" gridcol="3" gridrow="2" pageId="2" pageNumber="175">431441, 436 (3)</td>
<td id="FF405DA7FFD00050FB81919DFAE8FCD0" box="[1151,1345,754,778]" gridcol="4" gridrow="2" pageId="2" pageNumber="175">254258, 256 (3)</td>
</tr>
<tr id="BC9134DBFFD00050FF589077FAE8FCEA" box="[166,1345,792,816]" gridrow="3" pageId="2" pageNumber="175">
<th id="FF405DA7FFD00050FF589077FF16FCEA" box="[166,191,792,816]" gridcol="0" gridrow="3" pageId="2" pageNumber="175">p3</th>
<td id="FF405DA7FFD00050FEEC9077FE7DFCEA" box="[274,468,792,816]" gridcol="1" gridrow="3" pageId="2" pageNumber="175">878885, 882</td>
<td id="FF405DA7FFD00050FDD69077FD43FCEA" box="[552,746,792,816]" gridcol="2" gridrow="3" pageId="2" pageNumber="175">762763, 763</td>
<td id="FF405DA7FFD00050FCAA9077FBBCFCEA" box="[852,1045,792,816]" gridcol="3" gridrow="3" pageId="2" pageNumber="175">429433, 431 (3)</td>
<td id="FF405DA7FFD00050FB819077FAE8FCEA" box="[1151,1345,792,816]" gridcol="4" gridrow="3" pageId="2" pageNumber="175">398402, 400 (3)</td>
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<tr id="BC9134DBFFD00050FF589051FAE8FC87" box="[166,1345,830,861]" gridrow="4" pageId="2" pageNumber="175" rowspan-0="1">
<td id="FF405DA7FFD00050FEEC9051FE7DFC87" box="[274,468,830,861]" gridcol="1" gridrow="4" pageId="2" pageNumber="175">ta 3</td>
<td id="FF405DA7FFD00050FDD69051FD43FC87" box="[552,746,830,861]" gridcol="2" gridrow="4" pageId="2" pageNumber="175">ta 4</td>
<td id="FF405DA7FFD00050FCAA9051FBBCFC87" box="[852,1045,830,861]" gridcol="3" gridrow="4" pageId="2" pageNumber="175">ta 5</td>
<td id="FF405DA7FFD00050FB819051FAE8FC87" box="[1151,1345,830,861]" gridcol="4" gridrow="4" pageId="2" pageNumber="175">LR</td>
</tr>
<tr id="BC9134DBFFD00050FF58900CFAE8FCA6" box="[166,1345,867,892]" gridrow="5" pageId="2" pageNumber="175">
<th id="FF405DA7FFD00050FF58900CFF16FCA6" box="[166,191,867,892]" gridcol="0" gridrow="5" pageId="2" pageNumber="175">p1</th>
<td id="FF405DA7FFD00050FEEC900CFE7DFCA6" box="[274,468,867,892]" gridcol="1" gridrow="5" pageId="2" pageNumber="175">350353, 352 (3)</td>
<td id="FF405DA7FFD00050FDD6900CFD43FCA6" box="[552,746,867,892]" gridcol="2" gridrow="5" pageId="2" pageNumber="175">302306, 304 (3)</td>
<td id="FF405DA7FFD00050FCAA900CFBBCFCA6" box="[852,1045,867,892]" gridcol="3" gridrow="5" pageId="2" pageNumber="175">190194, 192 (3)</td>
<td id="FF405DA7FFD00050FB81900CFAE8FCA6" box="[1151,1345,867,892]" gridcol="4" gridrow="5" pageId="2" pageNumber="175">1.031.04, 1.04 (3)</td>
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<tr id="BC9134DBFFD00050FF5890E6FAE8FC7B" box="[166,1345,905,929]" gridrow="6" pageId="2" pageNumber="175">
<th id="FF405DA7FFD00050FF5890E6FF16FC7B" box="[166,191,905,929]" gridcol="0" gridrow="6" pageId="2" pageNumber="175">p2</th>
<td id="FF405DA7FFD00050FEEC90E6FE7DFC7B" box="[274,468,905,929]" gridcol="1" gridrow="6" pageId="2" pageNumber="175">190196, 193 (3)</td>
<td id="FF405DA7FFD00050FDD690E6FD43FC7B" box="[552,746,905,929]" gridcol="2" gridrow="6" pageId="2" pageNumber="175">126130, 128 (3)</td>
<td id="FF405DA7FFD00050FCAA90E6FBBCFC7B" box="[852,1045,905,929]" gridcol="3" gridrow="6" pageId="2" pageNumber="175">9298, 95 (3)</td>
<td id="FF405DA7FFD00050FB8190E6FAE8FC7B" box="[1151,1345,905,929]" gridcol="4" gridrow="6" pageId="2" pageNumber="175">0.580.60, 0.59 (3)</td>
</tr>
<tr id="BC9134DBFFD00050FF5890C0FAE8FC1D" box="[166,1345,943,967]" gridrow="7" pageId="2" pageNumber="175">
<th id="FF405DA7FFD00050FF5890C0FF16FC1D" box="[166,191,943,967]" gridcol="0" gridrow="7" pageId="2" pageNumber="175">p3</th>
<td id="FF405DA7FFD00050FEEC90C0FE7DFC1D" box="[274,468,943,967]" gridcol="1" gridrow="7" pageId="2" pageNumber="175">238240, 239 (3)</td>
<td id="FF405DA7FFD00050FDD690C0FD43FC1D" box="[552,746,943,967]" gridcol="2" gridrow="7" pageId="2" pageNumber="175">126130, 128 (3)</td>
<td id="FF405DA7FFD00050FCAA90C0FBBCFC1D" box="[852,1045,943,967]" gridcol="3" gridrow="7" pageId="2" pageNumber="175">110113, 112 (3)</td>
<td id="FF405DA7FFD00050FB8190C0FAE8FC1D" box="[1151,1345,943,967]" gridcol="4" gridrow="7" pageId="2" pageNumber="175">0.560.57, 0.57 (3)</td>
</tr>
<tr id="BC9134DBFFD00050FF5890BAFAE8FC37" box="[166,1345,981,1005]" gridrow="8" pageId="2" pageNumber="175" rowspan-0="1" rowspan-4="1">
<td id="FF405DA7FFD00050FEEC90BAFE7DFC37" box="[274,468,981,1005]" gridcol="1" gridrow="8" pageId="2" pageNumber="175">BV</td>
<td id="FF405DA7FFD00050FDD690BAFD43FC37" box="[552,746,981,1005]" gridcol="2" gridrow="8" pageId="2" pageNumber="175">SV</td>
<td id="FF405DA7FFD00050FCAA90BAFBBCFC37" box="[852,1045,981,1005]" gridcol="3" gridrow="8" pageId="2" pageNumber="175">BR</td>
</tr>
<tr id="BC9134DBFFD00050FF589094FAE8FBC9" box="[166,1345,1019,1043]" gridrow="9" pageId="2" pageNumber="175" rowspan-4="1">
<th id="FF405DA7FFD00050FF589094FF16FBC9" box="[166,191,1019,1043]" gridcol="0" gridrow="9" pageId="2" pageNumber="175">p1</th>
<td id="FF405DA7FFD00050FEEC9094FE7DFBC9" box="[274,468,1019,1043]" gridcol="1" gridrow="9" pageId="2" pageNumber="175">1.791.80, 1.80 (3)</td>
<td id="FF405DA7FFD00050FDD69094FD43FBC9" box="[552,746,1019,1043]" gridcol="2" gridrow="9" pageId="2" pageNumber="175">2.892.90, 2.90 (3)</td>
<td id="FF405DA7FFD00050FCAA9094FBBCFBC9" box="[852,1045,1019,1043]" gridcol="3" gridrow="9" pageId="2" pageNumber="175">3.143.17, 3.16 (3)</td>
</tr>
<tr id="BC9134DBFFD00050FF58974FFAE8FBE3" box="[166,1345,1056,1081]" gridrow="10" pageId="2" pageNumber="175" rowspan-4="1">
<th id="FF405DA7FFD00050FF58974FFF16FBE3" box="[166,191,1056,1081]" gridcol="0" gridrow="10" pageId="2" pageNumber="175">p2</th>
<td id="FF405DA7FFD00050FEEC974FFE7DFBE3" box="[274,468,1056,1081]" gridcol="1" gridrow="10" pageId="2" pageNumber="175">2.832.89, 2.86 (3)</td>
<td id="FF405DA7FFD00050FDD6974FFD43FBE3" box="[552,746,1056,1081]" gridcol="2" gridrow="10" pageId="2" pageNumber="175">5.895.84, 5.87 (3)</td>
<td id="FF405DA7FFD00050FCAA974FFBBCFBE3" box="[852,1045,1056,1081]" gridcol="3" gridrow="10" pageId="2" pageNumber="175">3.283.37, 3.25 (3)</td>
</tr>
<tr id="BC9134DBFFD00050FF589729FAE8FB84" box="[166,1345,1094,1118]" gridrow="11" pageId="2" pageNumber="175" rowspan-4="1">
<th id="FF405DA7FFD00050FF589729FF16FB84" box="[166,191,1094,1118]" gridcol="0" gridrow="11" pageId="2" pageNumber="175">p3</th>
<td id="FF405DA7FFD00050FEEC9729FE7DFB84" box="[274,468,1094,1118]" gridcol="1" gridrow="11" pageId="2" pageNumber="175">2.352.37, 2.36 (3)</td>
<td id="FF405DA7FFD00050FDD69729FD43FB84" box="[552,746,1094,1118]" gridcol="2" gridrow="11" pageId="2" pageNumber="175">4.104.12, 4.11 (3)</td>
<td id="FF405DA7FFD00050FCAA9729FBBCFB84" box="[852,1045,1094,1118]" gridcol="3" gridrow="11" pageId="2" pageNumber="175">3.283.34, 3.31 (3)</td>
</tr>
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</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="30D5EA8BFFD0FFADFF3997E0FEFFFB72" box="[199,342,1167,1192]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="175">Hypopygium</emphasis>
(
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). Anal tergite with strong and separate bands; median tergite seta absent. Anal point 7579, 77 μm long, nearly parallel-sided in dorsal view, bifid in apical 0.170.20, 0.18. Gonocoxite 186190, 188 µm long. Superior volsella (
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) well developed, 76 μm long, gently curved, digitate, and apically rounded, with 2 long basal setae. Inferior volsella 119122, 121 µm long, with 1 strong apical and 5 recurved subapical setae. Phallapodeme 7882, 80 µm long; lateral sternapodeme 120123, 122 µm long; transverse sternapodeme 3842, 40 µm wide. Gonostylus 185190, 188 µm long, distally flattened, with 1 apical and 4 subapical setae along inner margin. HR 1. 0, HV 2.52.6, 2.6.
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<emphasis id="30D5EA8BFFD0FFADFF3996EEFEB7FA41" bold="true" box="[199,286,1409,1435]" pageId="2" pageNumber="175">Female</emphasis>
. Unknown.
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<emphasis id="30D5EA8BFFD0FFADFF3996CBFEACFA64" bold="true" box="[199,261,1444,1470]" pageId="2" pageNumber="175">Pupa</emphasis>
(n = 4). Total length 3.84.0,
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.
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<emphasis id="30D5EA8BFFD0FFADFF3996A9FEF1FA3A" box="[199,344,1478,1504]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="175">Colouration.</emphasis>
Exuviae mainly pale brown. Cephalic tubercle, margins of wing and antennal sheath, and hooklets on T II pale yellow. Anal comb on abdominal segment VIII dark brown.
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<paragraph id="021E3699FFD0FFADFF399564FC28F957" blockId="2.[151,1437,1166,2025]" pageId="2" pageNumber="175">
<emphasis id="30D5EA8BFFD0FFADFF399564FEDEF9FF" box="[199,375,1547,1573]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="175">Cephalothorax.</emphasis>
Frontal apotome (
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) triangular; cephalic tubercle conical, 190195, 193 µm high and 7782, 80 µm wide at base, subapically bearing frontal seta 220227, 224 µm long. Antennal sheath (
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)
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long, narrowed at apex. Wing sheath 1.21.3,
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long. Thoracic horn (
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) plumose; basal ring (
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) elliptical, 6165, 63 µm long and 4550, 48 µm wide.
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<emphasis id="30D5EA8BFFD0FFADFF3995F9FE98F96A" box="[199,305,1686,1712]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="175">Abdomen</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="9A9A2A1CFFD0FFADFEBE95F9FE1AF96A" box="[320,435,1686,1712]" captionStart="FIGURES 2" captionStartId="5.[151,264,1943,1967]" captionTargetBox="[176,1403,188,1919]" captionTargetId="figure-15@5.[174,1414,181,1919]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURES 2AG. Stictochironomus bengalensis sp. n., pupa.A, Frontal apotome; B, antennal sheath; C, thoracic horn; D, basal ring; E, abdominal segments IVII, dorsal view; F, abdominal segments VIIIIX, dorsal view; G, anal comb." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5733750" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5733750/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="175">Figure 2E</figureCitation>
). Pedes spurii B present on segment II. T I and IX bare; T IIV with more or less extensive, rectangular shagreen; T VI with anterior and posterior shagreen bands and very weak median shagreen patch; TVIIVIII with anterolateral shagreen patches. T II with posterior row of 4143, 42 hooklets, occupying 0.670.71, 0.69 of segment width. Conjunctives III/IV and IV/V with continuous band of spinules. Anal comb on segment VIII (
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) large, extending from apex of segment to base of L
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-seta, composed of 24, (3) needle-like basal teeth and 35, (4) broad, short apical teeth. Segments IIIV each with 3 L-setae. Segments VVI each with 3 LS-setae; T VIIVIII each with 4 LS-setae. Relative position of LS-setae on abdominal segments VVIII as in
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. Anal lobe (
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) 230265, 248 µm long, with 3652, 44 lateral taeniae; dorsal setae absent. Genital sac 160189, 175 µm long.
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<emphasis id="30D5EA8BFFD0FFADFF3994A1FEB9F832" bold="true" box="[199,272,1998,2024]" pageId="2" pageNumber="175">Larva</emphasis>
(n = 4). Head capsule 250280, 270 µm long, cephalic index 0.820.84, 0.83.
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<emphasis id="30D5EA8BFFD1FFACFF6993F8FEA5FF75" bold="true" box="[151,268,151,175]" pageId="3" pageNumber="176">TABLE 2.</emphasis>
Relative position of LS-setae from bases on abdominal segments V-VIII of
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<emphasis id="30D5EA8BFFD1FFACFBBE93F8FA29FF75" box="[1088,1408,151,175]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="176">Stictochironomus bengalensis</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="30D5EA8BFFD1FFACFA7993F8FF19FF09" bold="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="176">n. sp</emphasis>
.
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, pupa (n = 4).
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<th id="FF405DA7FFD10050FE7E938BFDB7FF26" box="[384,542,228,252]" gridcol="1" gridrow="0" pageId="3" pageNumber="176">LS1</th>
<th id="FF405DA7FFD10050FD7C938BFC89FF26" box="[642,800,228,252]" gridcol="2" gridrow="0" pageId="3" pageNumber="176">LS2</th>
<th id="FF405DA7FFD10050FC5E938BFB97FF26" box="[928,1086,228,252]" gridcol="3" gridrow="0" pageId="3" pageNumber="176">LS3</th>
<th id="FF405DA7FFD10050FB53938BFAE2FF26" box="[1197,1355,228,252]" gridcol="4" gridrow="0" pageId="3" pageNumber="176">LS4</th>
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<tr id="BC9134DBFFD10050FF589263FAE2FEFE" box="[166,1355,268,292]" gridrow="1" pageId="3" pageNumber="176">
<th id="FF405DA7FFD10050FF589263FE98FEFE" box="[166,305,268,292]" gridcol="0" gridrow="1" pageId="3" pageNumber="176">Segment V</th>
<td id="FF405DA7FFD10050FE7E9263FDB7FEFE" box="[384,542,268,292]" gridcol="1" gridrow="1" pageId="3" pageNumber="176">0.250.28, 0.27</td>
<td id="FF405DA7FFD10050FD7C9263FC89FEFE" box="[642,800,268,292]" gridcol="2" gridrow="1" pageId="3" pageNumber="176">0.450.48, 0.47</td>
<td id="FF405DA7FFD10050FC5E9263FB97FEFE" box="[928,1086,268,292]" gridcol="3" gridrow="1" pageId="3" pageNumber="176">0.740.78, 0.76</td>
<td id="FF405DA7FFD10050FB539263FAE2FEFE" box="[1197,1355,268,292]" gridcol="4" gridrow="1" pageId="3" pageNumber="176">-</td>
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<th id="FF405DA7FFD10050FF58925BFE98FE96" box="[166,305,308,332]" gridcol="0" gridrow="2" pageId="3" pageNumber="176">Segment VI</th>
<td id="FF405DA7FFD10050FE7E925BFDB7FE96" box="[384,542,308,332]" gridcol="1" gridrow="2" pageId="3" pageNumber="176">0.200.23, 0.22</td>
<td id="FF405DA7FFD10050FD7C925BFC89FE96" box="[642,800,308,332]" gridcol="2" gridrow="2" pageId="3" pageNumber="176">0.350.38, 0.37</td>
<td id="FF405DA7FFD10050FC5E925BFB97FE96" box="[928,1086,308,332]" gridcol="3" gridrow="2" pageId="3" pageNumber="176">0.640.68, 0.66</td>
<td id="FF405DA7FFD10050FB53925BFAE2FE96" box="[1197,1355,308,332]" gridcol="4" gridrow="2" pageId="3" pageNumber="176">-</td>
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<tr id="BC9134DBFFD10050FF589233FAE2FEAE" box="[166,1355,348,372]" gridrow="3" pageId="3" pageNumber="176">
<th id="FF405DA7FFD10050FF589233FE98FEAE" box="[166,305,348,372]" gridcol="0" gridrow="3" pageId="3" pageNumber="176">Segment VII</th>
<td id="FF405DA7FFD10050FE7E9233FDB7FEAE" box="[384,542,348,372]" gridcol="1" gridrow="3" pageId="3" pageNumber="176">0.240.28, 0.26</td>
<td id="FF405DA7FFD10050FD7C9233FC89FEAE" box="[642,800,348,372]" gridcol="2" gridrow="3" pageId="3" pageNumber="176">0.430.45, 0.44</td>
<td id="FF405DA7FFD10050FC5E9233FB97FEAE" box="[928,1086,348,372]" gridcol="3" gridrow="3" pageId="3" pageNumber="176">0.690.73, 0.71</td>
<td id="FF405DA7FFD10050FB539233FAE2FEAE" box="[1197,1355,348,372]" gridcol="4" gridrow="3" pageId="3" pageNumber="176">0.800.83, 0.82</td>
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<th id="FF405DA7FFD10050FF5892EBFE98FE47" box="[166,305,388,413]" gridcol="0" gridrow="4" pageId="3" pageNumber="176">Segment VIII</th>
<td id="FF405DA7FFD10050FE7E92EBFDB7FE47" box="[384,542,388,413]" gridcol="1" gridrow="4" pageId="3" pageNumber="176">0.180.20, 0.19</td>
<td id="FF405DA7FFD10050FD7C92EBFC89FE47" box="[642,800,388,413]" gridcol="2" gridrow="4" pageId="3" pageNumber="176">0.330.37, 0.35</td>
<td id="FF405DA7FFD10050FC5E92EBFB97FE47" box="[928,1086,388,413]" gridcol="3" gridrow="4" pageId="3" pageNumber="176">0.530.55, 0.54</td>
<td id="FF405DA7FFD10050FB5392EBFAE2FE47" box="[1197,1355,388,413]" gridcol="4" gridrow="4" pageId="3" pageNumber="176">0.650.69, 0.67</td>
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</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="30D5EA8BFFD1FFACFF3992A3FEF1FE3C" box="[199,344,460,486]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="176">Colouration.</emphasis>
All teeth of mentum, apex of mandible and postoccipital margin dark brown.
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<paragraph id="021E3699FFD1FFACFF39929EFBCAFDAD" blockId="3.[151,1437,460,2035]" pageId="3" pageNumber="176">
<emphasis id="30D5EA8BFFD1FFACFF39929EFE8DFDD1" box="[199,292,497,523]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="176">Antenna</emphasis>
(
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). Total length 7377, 75 µm; AR 1.201.29, 1.25. Basal segment 4245, 44 µm long and 910, 10 µm wide, with ring organ situated 0.330.36, 0.35 from base; blade 3236, 34 (3) µm long, accessory blade 35, 4 µm long. Lengths (µm) of 2nd to 6th segments: 79, 8; 1012, 11; 35, 4; 810, 9; 24, 3, respectively. Lauterborn organ 1113, 12 µm long on 2nd segment, 35, 4 µm long on 3rd segment.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="021E3699FFD1FFACFF3991EFFBD3FD38" blockId="3.[151,1437,460,2035]" pageId="3" pageNumber="176">
<emphasis id="30D5EA8BFFD1FFACFF3991EFFD8DFD40" box="[199,548,640,666]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="176">Labro-epipharyngeal complex.</emphasis>
SI (
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) and SII plumose on both sides. Seta premandibularis simple. Pecten epipharyngis (
<figureCitation id="9A9A2A1CFFD1FFACFE7591CBFDA9FD65" box="[395,512,676,703]" captionStart="FIGURES 3" captionStartId="6.[151,264,1926,1950]" captionTargetBox="[229,1349,190,1884]" captionTargetId="figure-30@6.[226,1362,181,1901]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURES 3AG. Stictochironomus bengalensis sp. n., larva. A, Antenna; B, SI; C, pecten epipharyngis; D, premandible; E, mandible; F. mentum; G, ventromental plate." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5733754" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5733754/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="176">Figure 3C</figureCitation>
) tripartite; median platelet with 3 teeth, lateral platelet with 5 teeth. Premandible (
<figureCitation id="9A9A2A1CFFD1FFACFF6191A7FEBDFD39" box="[159,276,712,739]" captionStart="FIGURES 3" captionStartId="6.[151,264,1926,1950]" captionTargetBox="[229,1349,190,1884]" captionTargetId="figure-30@6.[226,1362,181,1901]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURES 3AG. Stictochironomus bengalensis sp. n., larva. A, Antenna; B, SI; C, pecten epipharyngis; D, premandible; E, mandible; F. mentum; G, ventromental plate." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5733754" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5733754/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="176">Figure 3D</figureCitation>
) 6065, 63 µm long, with 2 apical teeth and 1 small inner tooth; brush dense.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="021E3699FFD1FFACFF399183FD82FCF0" blockId="3.[151,1437,460,2035]" pageId="3" pageNumber="176">
<emphasis id="30D5EA8BFFD1FFACFF399183FE9BFCDC" box="[199,306,748,774]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="176">Mandible</emphasis>
(
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). Length 123126, 125 µm. 1 dorsal, 1 apical and 3 inner teeth present. Seta subdentalis slender and slightly curved apically.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="021E3699FFD1FFACFF39905AFF4EFC61" blockId="3.[151,1437,460,2035]" pageId="3" pageNumber="176">
<emphasis id="30D5EA8BFFD1FFACFF39905AFE8AFC94" box="[199,291,821,846]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="176">Mentum</emphasis>
(
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). Width 7377, 75 µm. Median teeth 3, large, arranged convexly; 1st to 6th lateral teeth gradually decreasing in size; median tooth much taller than others. Ventromental plate (
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) fan-shaped, 5558, 57 µm long, 131134, 133 µm wide, with fine and contiguous striae; distance between both plates 2630, 28 µm.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="30D5EA8BFFD1FFACFF3990ABFEF0FC04" bold="true" box="[199,345,964,990]" pageId="3" pageNumber="176">Distribution</emphasis>
. Known only from
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,
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.
</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="4ABB6512FFD1FFACFF399086FC1EF829" pageId="3" pageNumber="176" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="021E3699FFD1FFACFF399086FB5CF9C5" blockId="3.[151,1437,460,2035]" pageId="3" pageNumber="176">
<emphasis id="30D5EA8BFFD1FFACFF399086FE9DFBD9" bold="true" box="[199,308,1001,1027]" pageId="3" pageNumber="176">Remarks</emphasis>
. The male resembles that of
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<emphasis id="30D5EA8BFFD1FFACFD7D9087FC1AFBD8" box="[643,947,1000,1026]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="176">Stictochironomus obscurus</emphasis>
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in the largely pale-yellow wing with three dark markings on the cell r
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and the slender, gently curved superior volsella in the hypopygium, but differs from it in the wing with markings on the apices of cells m
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and m
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, the apically bifid anal point and the anal tergite without median setae. In
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<emphasis id="30D5EA8BFFD1FFACFE7C973AFDAAFBB4" box="[386,515,1108,1135]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="176">S. obscurus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, the wing cells m
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and m
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have no apical marking, the anal point is simple and the anal tergite has several median setae, according to
<bibRefCitation id="66304B68FFD1FFACFD089717FBF9FB48" author="Guha, D. K. &amp; Chaudhuri, P. K." box="[758,1104,1144,1171]" pageId="3" pageNumber="176" pagination="635 - 638" refId="ref5519" refString="Guha, D. K. &amp; Chaudhuri, P. K. (1983) Record of Polypedilum Kieffer (Diptera: Chironomidae) in Bhutan and India with a new species from India. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 79 (3), 635 - 638." type="journal article" year="1983">Guha &amp; Chaudhuri (1983: 637</bibRefCitation>
, figures 1, 3, as
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<emphasis id="30D5EA8BFFD1FFACFAFB9717FA3AFB48" box="[1285,1427,1144,1170]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="176">Polypedilum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) and
<bibRefCitation id="66304B68FFD1FFACFF3797F3FD3EFB6D" author="Chaudhuri, P. K. &amp; Chattopadhyay, S." box="[201,663,1180,1207]" pageId="3" pageNumber="176" pagination="149 - 195" refId="ref5139" refString="Chaudhuri, P. K. &amp; Chattopadhyay, S. (1990) Chironomids of the rice paddy areas of West Bengal, India (Diptera: Chironomidae). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie, 133 (2), 149 - 195." type="journal article" year="1990">Chaudhuri &amp; Chattopadhyay (1990: 187</bibRefCitation>
, figs. 41, 43). The bifid anal point is unique in the genus
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<emphasis id="30D5EA8BFFD1FFACFACF97F3FF51FB00" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="176">Stictochironomus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Sometimes a bifid anal point also occurs in the male of Japanese
<taxonomicName id="C5A14D1AFFD1FFACFC0B97AFFA31FB01" authority="(Tokunaga)" baseAuthorityName="Tokunaga" box="[1013,1432,1216,1243]" class="Insecta" family="Chironomidae" genus="Sympotthastia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="176" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="takatensis">
<emphasis id="30D5EA8BFFD1FFACFC0B97AFFAA5FB00" box="[1013,1292,1216,1242]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="176">Sympotthastia takatensis</emphasis>
(Tokunaga)
</taxonomicName>
, belonging to the subfamily
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, and it is not rare (H. Niitsuma, pers. comm.). Although the two localities where the larvae of the present species were collected are far away from each other and the features are common to all the males emerged from the larvae, there is a possibility that the bifid anal point is an intraspecific variation. Further, the anal tergite without median setae is an atypical feature in the male of this genus. In the diagnosis for the male,
<bibRefCitation id="66304B68FFD1FFACFEF8961AFD9EFA55" author="Cranston, P. S. &amp; Dillon, M. E. &amp; Pinder, L. V. C. &amp; Reiss, F." box="[262,567,1396,1423]" pageId="3" pageNumber="176" pagination="353 - 502" refId="ref5234" refString="Cranston, P. S., Dillon, M. E., Pinder, L. V. C. &amp; Reiss, F. (1989) The adult males of Chironominae (Diptera: Chironomidae) of the Holarctic region. In: Wiederholm, T. (Ed.), Chironomidae of the Holarctic region, Keys and diagnoses, Part. 3, Adult males. Entomologica scandinavica, 34 (Supplement), pp. 353 - 502." type="journal article" year="1989">
Cranston
<emphasis id="30D5EA8BFFD1FFACFE8C961AFE02FA54" box="[370,427,1396,1422]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="176">et al.</emphasis>
(1989: 416)
</bibRefCitation>
wrote, “median anal tergite setae long, concentrated in field between ends of bands, separate from apical setae; exceptionally in
<taxonomicName id="C5A14D1AFFD1FFACFD2A96F6FC2DFA69" box="[724,900,1433,1459]" class="Insecta" family="Chironomidae" genus="Sympotthastia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="176" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="crassiforceps">
<emphasis id="30D5EA8BFFD1FFACFD2A96F6FC2DFA69" box="[724,900,1433,1459]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="176">S. crassiforceps</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
without median anal tergite setae.” The present species differs from
<taxonomicName id="C5A14D1AFFD1FFACFE8596D2FD3CFA0D" authority="(Kieffer)" baseAuthorityName="Kieffer" box="[379,661,1468,1495]" class="Insecta" family="Chironomidae" genus="Sympotthastia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="176" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="crassiforceps">
<emphasis id="30D5EA8BFFD1FFACFE8596D2FD82FA0D" box="[379,555,1469,1495]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="176">S. crassiforceps</emphasis>
(Kieffer)
</taxonomicName>
in the slender superior volsella and the longer gonostylus in the male hypopygium. The male of the latter possesses stout superior volsellae and short gonostyli (see
<bibRefCitation id="66304B68FFD1FFACFB4D968EFF6DF9C5" author="Cranston, P. S. &amp; Dillon, M. E. &amp; Pinder, L. V. C. &amp; Reiss, F." pageId="3" pageNumber="176" pagination="353 - 502" refId="ref5234" refString="Cranston, P. S., Dillon, M. E., Pinder, L. V. C. &amp; Reiss, F. (1989) The adult males of Chironominae (Diptera: Chironomidae) of the Holarctic region. In: Wiederholm, T. (Ed.), Chironomidae of the Holarctic region, Keys and diagnoses, Part. 3, Adult males. Entomologica scandinavica, 34 (Supplement), pp. 353 - 502." type="journal article" year="1989">
Cranston
<emphasis id="30D5EA8BFFD1FFACFAE0968EFAFFFA20" box="[1310,1366,1504,1530]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="176">et al.</emphasis>
1989: 491
</bibRefCitation>
, figure 10.65C). Therefore, the present species is distinct from the other members of this genus.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="021E3699FFD1FFACFF399547FDEDF92D" blockId="3.[151,1437,460,2035]" pageId="3" pageNumber="176">
Within the
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<emphasis id="30D5EA8BFFD1FFACFEBB9546FE79F999" box="[325,464,1577,1603]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="176">S. caffrarius</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
group, the pupa is similar to those of
<taxonomicName id="C5A14D1AFFD1FFACFC819546FBBDF998" baseAuthorityName="Kieffer" baseAuthorityYear="1911" box="[895,1044,1576,1603]" class="Insecta" family="Chironomidae" genus="Stictochironomus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="176" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="polystictus">
<emphasis id="30D5EA8BFFD1FFACFC819546FBBDF998" box="[895,1044,1576,1603]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="176">S. polystictus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="30D5EA8BFFD1FFACFBB29546FB7FF999" box="[1100,1238,1577,1603]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="176">S. caffrarius</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in the abdominal segments IIIII each with three pairs of L-setae, but separable from the pupa of
<taxonomicName id="C5A14D1AFFD1FFACFBCF9522FB6EF9BC" baseAuthorityName="Kieffer" baseAuthorityYear="1911" box="[1073,1223,1612,1639]" class="Insecta" family="Chironomidae" genus="Stictochironomus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="176" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="polystictus">
<emphasis id="30D5EA8BFFD1FFACFBCF9522FB6EF9BC" box="[1073,1223,1612,1639]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="176">S. polystictus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by the slender cephalic tubercle, which is higher than the basal width, and from the pupa of
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<emphasis id="30D5EA8BFFD1FFACFC1D951EFBC7F951" box="[995,1134,1649,1675]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="176">S. caffrarius</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by the anal tergite without any shagreen.
<taxonomicName id="C5A14D1AFFD1FFACFEC595FBFDD7F974" baseAuthorityName="Kieffer" baseAuthorityYear="1911" box="[315,638,1684,1710]" class="Insecta" family="Chironomidae" genus="Stictochironomus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="176" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="polystictus">
<emphasis id="30D5EA8BFFD1FFACFEC595FBFDD7F974" box="[315,638,1684,1710]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="176">Stictochironomus polystictus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has cephalic tubercles as high as the basal width (Blattacharyay
<emphasis id="30D5EA8BFFD1FFACFA9D95FAFA34F974" box="[1379,1437,1684,1710]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="176">et al.</emphasis>
1996: 323), and
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<emphasis id="30D5EA8BFFD1FFACFEB395D6FE7FF909" box="[333,470,1721,1747]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="176">S. caffrarius</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
possesses anterolateral shagreen on the anal tergite (Pinder &amp; Cranston 1986: 456, fig. 10.91D, as
<taxonomicName id="C5A14D1AFFD1FFACFEE995B3FE0FF92C" box="[279,422,1756,1782]" class="Insecta" family="Chironomidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="176" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="tribe" tribe="Chironomini">Chironomini</taxonomicName>
Genus
<emphasis id="30D5EA8BFFD1FFACFE0595B2FDA5F92C" box="[507,524,1757,1782]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="176">F</emphasis>
sp.).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="021E3699FFD1FFACFF39946FFC1EF829" blockId="3.[151,1437,460,2035]" pageId="3" pageNumber="176">
The larva is most similar to that of
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<emphasis id="30D5EA8BFFD1FFACFDAB946EFD40F8C0" box="[597,745,1792,1819]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="176">S. polystictus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
described by Blattachayay
<emphasis id="30D5EA8BFFD1FFACFBDE946EFBF0F8C0" box="[1056,1113,1792,1818]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="176">et al.</emphasis>
(1996) in the relatively high AR (1.201.29), the mentum with three median teeth and the mandible with a dorsal tooth and three inner teeth, although Hazra
<emphasis id="30D5EA8BFFD1FFACFEB59426FE2AF8B8" box="[331,387,1864,1890]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="176">et al.</emphasis>
(2016) reported the larva of
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<emphasis id="30D5EA8BFFD1FFACFD379426FCF4F8B8" box="[713,861,1864,1891]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="176">S. polystictus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
with lower AR (0.740.92) and four inner teeth on the mandible under the name of
<taxonomicName id="C5A14D1AFFD1FFACFDFF9403FCB5F85C" authorityName="Hazra, Sanyal &amp; Brahma" authorityYear="2016" box="[513,796,1900,1926]" class="Insecta" family="Chironomidae" genus="Polypedilum" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="176" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="clavipennae">
<emphasis id="30D5EA8BFFD1FFACFDFF9403FCB5F85C" box="[513,796,1900,1926]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="176">Polypedilum clavipennae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, which was synonymized with
<taxonomicName id="C5A14D1AFFD1FFACFB839402FAB8F85C" baseAuthorityName="Kieffer" baseAuthorityYear="1911" box="[1149,1297,1900,1927]" class="Insecta" family="Chironomidae" genus="Stictochironomus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="176" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="polystictus">
<emphasis id="30D5EA8BFFD1FFACFB839402FAB8F85C" box="[1149,1297,1900,1927]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="176">S. polystictus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by
<bibRefCitation id="66304B68FFD1FFACFAC59403FEE3F871" author="Mukherjee, T. &amp; Mukherjee, B. &amp; Hazra, N." pageId="3" pageNumber="176" pagination="31 - 69" refId="ref5869" refString="Mukherjee, T., Mukherjee, B. &amp; Hazra, N. (2020) Revision of the Oriental species of Polypedilum Kieffer (Diptera: Chironomidae) with their phylogenetic relationship. Zootaxa, 4820 (1), 31 - 69. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4820.1.3" type="journal article" year="2020">
Mukherjee
<emphasis id="30D5EA8BFFD1FFACFF4094FEFF46F870" box="[190,239,1936,1962]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="176">et al</emphasis>
. (2020)
</bibRefCitation>
. In any case, the larva of the present species is separated from both the larval
<typeStatus id="DD1A883BFFD1FFACFB5794FEFB4DF871" box="[1193,1252,1937,1963]" pageId="3" pageNumber="176">types</typeStatus>
of
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<emphasis id="30D5EA8BFFD1FFACFAF794FEFA35F870" box="[1289,1436,1936,1963]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="176">S. polystictus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by the smaller head capsule (length 250280 µm). The larval head capsule of
<taxonomicName id="C5A14D1AFFD1FFACFBFC94DAFB3FF814" baseAuthorityName="Kieffer" baseAuthorityYear="1911" box="[1026,1174,1972,1999]" class="Insecta" family="Chironomidae" genus="Stictochironomus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="176" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="polystictus">
<emphasis id="30D5EA8BFFD1FFACFBFC94DAFB3FF814" box="[1026,1174,1972,1999]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="176">S. polystictus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is 285315 µm long in Blattachayay
<emphasis id="30D5EA8BFFD1FFACFECE94B6FEC0F828" box="[304,361,2008,2034]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="176">et al.</emphasis>
(1996) and 380420 µm long in Hazra
<emphasis id="30D5EA8BFFD1FFACFCD894B6FCF7F828" box="[806,862,2008,2034]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="176">et al.</emphasis>
(2016).
</paragraph>
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