Skusella Freeman, 1961

Cranston, Peter S. & Tang, Hongqu, 2018, Skusella Freeman (Diptera: Chironomidae): new species, immature stages from Africa, Asia and Australia, and expanded distributions, Zootaxa 4450 (1), pp. 41-65 : 46

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4450.1.3

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:565A59C6-7F81-420F-886C-248866F2517D

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5967629

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/6D0F87C5-0113-FFD3-FF3F-FDAAFA02FBC9

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Plazi

scientific name

Skusella Freeman
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Key to species and known life stages of pupal Skusella Freeman View in CoL View at ENA

1 Pleural fringe on posterior of III and all of IV–VIII ( Figs 5 A, 5C View FIGURE 5 , 6 A –C View FIGURE 6 ).......................................... 2

- Pleural fringe restricted to VIII ( Fig. 5B View FIGURE 5 )................................................................... 6

2 Spinulation on T II–IV barely extending to the lateral longitudinal row of muscle marks anteriorly; thus, spinule field narrower anteriorly than posteriorly ( Figs 5 A, 5C View FIGURE 5 , 6 A View FIGURE 6 )................................................................ 3

- Spinulation on T II–IV extending beyond lateral longitudinal row of muscle marks anteriorly; thus field wider anteriorly than posteriorly ( Figs 6B–C View FIGURE 6 )................................................................................. 5

3 With 25 or more hooklets on T II, occupying> ¼ of segment width ( Fig. 6 A View FIGURE 6 )..................... S. silingae Tang sp. n.

- With 20 or fewer hooklets on T II, occupying about 1/5 of segment width ( Fig. 5 A View FIGURE 5 )................................. 4

4 Tergites VII and VIII spinulose ( Fig. 5 A View FIGURE 5 )................................................... S. subvittata (Skuse) View in CoL

- Tergites VII and VIII bare (without spinules) ( Fig. 5C View FIGURE 5 )........................................ S. freemani Harrison View in CoL

5 Pleurae II–IV bare, spinulose only on anterolateral of pleurae V–VII ( Fig. 6B View FIGURE 6 ). Sternite I bare............ S. sp. ‘Limuling’

- At least pleurae II–IV spinulose ( Fig. 6C View FIGURE 6 ). Sternite I with anterolateral and median spinule patches ( Fig. 4E View FIGURE 4 ) S. sp. ‘Sanyatang’

6 Tergites II–VI spinulation extending to apophyses on III–VII ( Fig. 4F View FIGURE 4 )............................ S. sp. ‘Jianfengling'

- Tergites II–VI with spinulation not reaching apophyses ( Fig. 5B View FIGURE 5 )............................... S. pallidipes Freeman View in CoL

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Chironomidae

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