Paracladopelma tamanipparai Sasa

Yan, Chuncai, Jin, Zhaohui & Wang, Xinhua, 2008, Paracladopelma Harnisch from the Sino-Indian Region (Diptera: Chironomidae), Zootaxa 1934, pp. 1-29 : 24-25

Paracladopelma tamanipparai Sasa

( Figs 44–46 )

Paracladopelma tamanipparai Sasa, 1983: 5 .

Parachironomus tamanipparai (Sasa) ; Sasa (1989: 23, 84); Ashe and Cranston (1990: 297); Sasa and Kikuchi (1995: 102); Sasa (1998: 30); Saether et al. (2000: 191).

Material examined: Holotype male ( NSM no. A 67: 23A), JAPAN: Hikawa, 17.vi.1981. Diagnostic characters. See key.

Male. Description as in Sasa (1983: 5, figs 1G–L) with the following corrections: tergite IX with 13 setae at the base of anal point; anal point constricted at base. The wing and the hypopygium of the holotype are redrawn in Figures 44–46 ; setae on brachiolum, squama, R, R1 and R4+5 are not drawn as they are broken.

Remarks: In the lists and keys by Ashe and Cranston (1990), Sasa and Kikuchi (1995), Sasa (1998) and Saether et al. (2000), the species was transferred to Parachironomus . We re-examined the holotype and found that the species actually belongs in Paracladopelma , as the superior volsella is partly sclerotized, thumbshaped with concave inner margin, densely covered with microtrichia and bears a short seta mesally and a long seta at apex. The superior volsella of Parachironomus usually bears 2 or 3 apical setae which arise from conspicuous pits and usually has a distinct preapical tooth.

Distribution. The species is recorded from Japan.

Figures

FIGURES 44 – 46. Paracladopelma tamanipparai Sasa, 1983, holotype male. 44 - wing; 45 - hypopygium, dorsal view; 46 - hypopygium, ventral view.