Paracladopelma hibarasecundum Sasa

Yan, Chuncai, Jin, Zhaohui & Wang, Xinhua, 2008, Paracladopelma Harnisch from the Sino-Indian Region (Diptera: Chironomidae), Zootaxa 1934, pp. 1-29 : 17-18

Paracladopelma hibarasecundum Sasa

( Figs 30–32 )

Paracladopelma hibarasecunda Sasa, 1993: 72 .

Paracladopelma hibarasecunda Sasa ; Sasa (1998: 31); Saether et al. (2000: 191).

Material examined: Holotype male ( NSM no. 223: 24), JAPAN: Fukushima Prefecture, Hibara Lake, 6.viii.1991, M. Sasa.

Diagnostic characters. The species can be separated from other Paracladopelma species by the following combination of characters: superior volsella symmetrical, clavate, bearing 18 short setae and covered with microtrichia; anal point pointed apically; gonostylus swollen in distal 1/3 and pointed apically.

Male. Description as in Sasa (1993: 72, fig. 5.5) with the following corrections: inferior volsella with rounded lobe covered with microtrichia. The wing and hypopygium of the holotype are re-drawn in Figures 30–32 .

Distribution. The species is recorded from in Japan.

Figures

FIGURES 30 – 32. Paracladopelma hibarasecundum Sasa, 1993, holotype male. 30 - wing; 31 - hypopygium, dorsal view; 32 - hypopygium, ventral view.