Orthocladius (Orthocladius) rubicundus (Meigen, 1818)

Magoga, Giulia, Montagna, Matteo, Marziali, Laura, Rossaro, Bruno & Disaa, 2017, Revision of type and non-type material assigned to the genus Orthocladius by Goetghebuer (1940 - 1950), deposited in the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (Diptera: Chironomidae), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae) 57 (2), pp. 723-749 : 741

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1515/aemnp-2017-0097
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5335070
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scientific name	Orthocladius (Orthocladius) rubicundus (Meigen, 1818)
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Orthocladius (Orthocladius) rubicundus (Meigen, 1818) View in CoL

Chironomus rubicundus Meigen, 1818: 35 View in CoL .

Material examined. 1♁ pinned,now mounted on slide, labelled:‘M.Goetghebuer det. Orthocladius rubicundus Meig // Orthocladius rubicundus Meig. // Virton, 2.IX.1921 // R. Mus. Hist. Nat. Belg. I.G. 14.228’; 1 ♁ in isinglass, now mounted on slide, labelled: ‘ O. rhyacophilus K. Brno (Zavrel) // R.I.SC.N.B. 18.073 / Coll. et det. M. Goetghebuer’.

Comments. Both specimens have weak and reduced (about 30 μm long) dorsocentrals ( SOPONIS 1977) and genitalia compatible with O. (O.) rubicundus ( ROSSARO et al. 2003) ; the shape of genitalia and the observation that all the other Orthocladius species known from the West Palaearctic possess more robust and longer (about 70 μm long) dorsocentrals allows us to assign both specimens to O. (O.) rubicundus .