Bryophaenocladius, Thienemann, 1934

Epler, John H., 2017, AN ANNOTATED PRELIMINARY LIST OF THE CHIRONOMIDAE (DIPTERA) OF ZURQUÍ, COSTA RICA Abstract Introduction, CHIRONOMUS Journal of Chironomidae Research 30 (30), pp. 4-18 : 5

Bryophaenocladius

- Of the five Bryophaenocladius species collected, four are undescribed. The fifth species is listed here as B. cf. psilacrus . Bryophaenocladius psilacrus was described from South Carolina, USA, by Saether (1982), based on a single specimen. A key character for this species was the absence of acrostichal setae. The Zurquí material (41 specimens) all had some acrostichal setae; otherwise the specimens appear to be B. psilacrus . The type was not available for examination.

Although a widespread and speciose genus, few Bryophaenocladius species are known from the Neotropics. Wang et al. (2006) and Donato (2011) provided the most recent treatments of the genus for the area. It is possible that some of the taxa that I’ve grouped here may belong elsewhere.