Pseudosmittia brachydicrana (Edwards)

Andersen, Trond, Saether, Ole A. & Mendes, Humberto F., 2010, Neotropical Allocladius Kieffer, 1913 and Pseudosmittia Edwards, 1932 (Diptera: Chironomidae) 2472, Zootaxa 2472 (1), pp. 1-77 : 31-32

Pseudosmittia brachydicrana (Edwards)

( Figs 74–79 )

Orthocladius brachydicranus Edwards, 1927: 243 .

Pseudosmittia brachydicrana (Edwards) ; Cranston and Martin (1989: 262).

Smittia micronesiana Tokunaga, 1964: 526 . Syn. n.

Pseudosmittia micronesia (Tokunaga) , Cranston and Martin (1989: 262), error for micronesiana .

Ancylocladius relicinus Sublette et Wirth, 1972: 5 . Syn. n.

Orthocladius (Smittia) wirthi Hardy, 1960: 145 . Syn. n.

Not Pseudosmittia setiforceps ( Tokunaga, 1964) . Wrongly synonymized by Cranston and Martin (1989: 262).

Material examined. TAHITI: Papenoo, Min Churman, 13.v.1925, lectotype male, here designated, 46G, marked Orthosmittia (BMNH) . JAMAICA: Runaway Bay, sweeping bay, shore wash, holotype of Ancylocladius relicinus Sublette et Wirth , 16–28.ii.1969, W.W. Wirth ( USNM 71267).

Diagnostic characters. The presence of a far posteriorly placed inferior volsella combined with the presence of a cubital fork separates the species from other Neotropical species.

Description. The species will be described in detail in Ferrington and Saether (in manuscript). Distribution. In addition to Tahiti and Jamaica, the species is known from Diego Garcia, the Federation of Micronesia, Pelau , Marshall Islands, Chagos Archipelago and Hawaii.

Figures

FIGURES 74–79. Pseudosmittia brachydicrana (Edwards, 1927), male. 74—head; 75—cibarial pump; 76—third palpomere; 77—wing; 78—hypopygium, dorsal aspect; 79—hypopygium with anal point and tergite IX removed, dorsal aspect to the left, ventral aspect to the right.