Paracladopelma aratrum Chaudhuri et Chattopadhyay

Yan, Chuncai, Jin, Zhaohui & Wang, Xinhua, 2008, Paracladopelma Harnisch from the Sino-Indian Region (Diptera: Chironomidae), Zootaxa 1934, pp. 1-29 : 5

Paracladopelma aratrum Chaudhuri et Chattopadhyay

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Paracladopelma aratra Chaudhuri et Chattopadhyay, 1990: 160 .

Material examined: Holotype male (EB), INDIA: West Bengal, Bally, 27.vii.1986, S. Chattopadhyay. Diagnostic characters. The species differs from other Paracladopelma species by the absence of frontal tubercles and the plough-like superior volsella bearing 2 setae in outer margin and covered with microtrichia. Male. Description as in Chaudhuri and Chattopadhyay (1990: 160, fig. 26–28) with the following corrections: eyes with long parallel-sided dorsomedial extension; superior volsella plough-shaped, outer margin with 2 setae, covered with microtrichia; inferior volsella with small rounded lobe, covered with microtrichia. The hypopygium of the holotype is re-drawn in Figures 1–2 .

Distribution. The species is recorded from India.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 2. Paracladopelma aratrum Chaudhuri et Chattopadhyay, 1990, holotype male. 1 - hypopygium, dorsal view; 2 - hypopygium, ventral view.