Parapsectrocladius, Playa

Donato, Mariano, Mauad, Melina & Fuentes, María Cecilia, 2015, A new species of Parapsectrocladius Cranston (Diptera: Chironomidae: Orthocladiinae) from Patagonia, Argentina, Zootaxa 3911 (4), pp. 547-559 : 554-555

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3911.4.4

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:2C06EA1D-F0DF-42B5-BDE8-03ABBF0FC1A6

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6114427

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/31677048-FF8C-FFD5-C2D0-4B1DE357F3D4

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Plazi

scientific name

Parapsectrocladius
status

 

Parapsectrocladius View in CoL View at ENA “Playa Negra”

Material examined. ARGENTINA: 1 female, Río Negro, P. N. Nahuel Huapi, Manso medio, mallín Playa Negra, 41º21'26.1''S – 71º34'12.6''W, 808 m a.s.l., 26-x-2006, sweep net, Garré-Montes de Oca cols. ( MLP).

Female (n =1). Total length 3.52 mm. Wing length 2.70 mm. Total length/wing length 1.30. Wing length/length of profemur 3.03.

Head. AR 0.50. Flagellomeres length: 92; 48; 58; 60; 128. Temporal setae 6: including 1 inner vertical and 5 outer verticals. Clypeus with 14 setae. Tentorium 192 long, 40 wide. Palpomeres length: 64; 64; 120; 132; 214. Thorax chaetotaxy. Lateral antepronotals 10, Dorsocentrals 13, Prealars 4, Supralar 1, Scutelars 15. Wing. VR 1.33. C extension 20 long. Brachiolum with 3 setae. R with 18, R1 14, R4+5 6. Squama with 36 setae. Legs. Spur of fore tibia broken; spur of middle tibia 30 and 40 long; spurs of hind tibia 32 and 74 long. Width of apex of fore tibia 72; of middle tibia 62; of hind tibia 76. Sensilla chaetica on tarsomere 1 of middle leg 24, of hind leg 25. Tibial comb with 9 setae. Legs measurements as in Table 5 View TABLE 5 .

Genitalia ( Fig. 6 View FIGURES 6 – 7 ). Number of setae on sternite VIII 18, Gonocoxite IX with 27 setae. Dorsomesal lobe as in generic diagnosis, apodeme lobe as in Figure 7 View FIGURES 6 – 7 . Cercus 160 long. Seminal capsules 180 long. Notum 220 long.

Remarks. Parapsectrocladius “Playa Negra” is very close to P. reissi by sharing the undivided tergite IX, gonapophysisVIII, with distinct ventrolateral lobe and 9 strong setae on each side of midline of sternite VIII near gonocoxapodeme. The gonocoxite IX, with 27 setae no longer than 40 µm present in the former species is unique among the known females of the genus.

TABLE 5. Lengths (in Μm) and proportions of legs of Parapsectrocladius “ Playa Negra ” (female) (n = 1). For abbreviation explanations see Table 1.

fe ti ta1 ta2 ta3
P1 892 1136 899 450 276
P2 955 1049 552 284 166
P3 963 1270 844 410 197
ta4 ta5 LR BV SV
P1 134 142 0.79 2.92 2.25
P2 110 118 0.53 3.77 3.63
P3 134 134 0.66 3.51 2.64
MLP

Museo de La Plata

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Chironomidae

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