Pseudorthocladius (Pseudorthocladius) curtistylus (Goetghebuer, 1921)

Ren, Jing, Lin, Xiaolong & Wang, Xinhua, 2014, Review of genus Pseudorthocladius Goetghebuer, 1943 (Diptera, Chironomidae) from China, ZooKeys 387, pp. 51-72 : 55

Pseudorthocladius (Pseudorthocladius) curtistylus (Goetghebuer, 1921)

Hydrobaenus (Psectrocladius) curtistylus Goetghebuer, 1921: 101.

Spaniotoma (Orthocladius) curtistylus (Goetghebuer); Edwards 1929: 350.

Orthocladius (Pseudorthocladius) curtistylus (Goetghebuer); Goetghebuer 1932: 93, 1940-50: 73.

Spaniotoma curtistylus (Goetghebuer); Edwards 1932: 141.

Hydrobaenus (Pseudokiefferiella) curtistylus (Goetghebuer); Laurence 1951: 165.

Pseudorthocladius curtistylus (Goetghebuer); Thienemann and Kruger 1939: 25; Thienemann 1944: 569, 616; Coe 1950: 160; Strenzke 1950: 230; Brundin 1956: 137; Lehmann 1971: 459; Pinder 1978: 94.

Pseudorthocladius (Pseudorthocladius) curtistylus (Goetghebuer): Sæther and Sublette 1983: 69, fig. 37; Wang 2000: 639; Ashe and O’Connor 2012: 532; Makarchenko and Makarchenko 2012: 76-77.

Diagnosis.

AR 0.45-0.70; dorsocentrals 15-18; R with 9-13 setae, R1 with 2-3 setae, R4+5 with 0-14 setae; squama with 3-4 setae; virga present. Type I with low and extending crista dorsalis, type II with crista dorsalis absent, type III with round and protruding crista dorsalis.

Specimens examined.

China, Zhejiang: 3 ♂♂, Wenzhou City, Taishun County, 27°33'N, 119°39'E, 1.viii.2005, Xin Qi, light trap; Tianmu Mountain, 30°19'N, 119°26'E, 23.vi.1998, Bingchun Ji, sweep net. Fujian: 10 ♂♂, Wuyi City, Wuyi Mountain, 27°45'N, 118°03'E, 30.iv.1993, Xinhua Wang, sweep net. Guangdong: 5 ♂♂, Fengkai County, 23°24'N, 111°30'E, 20.iv.1988, Xinhua Wang, sweep net. Yunnan: 2 ♂♂, Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture, Cang Mountain, Qingbi River, 25°36'N, 100°15'E, 23.v.1996, Yuzhou Du, light trap. Hunan: 2 ♂♂, Zhuzhou City, Yanling County, 26°27'N, 113°42'E, 16.vii.2004, Chuncai Yan, sweep net.

Remarks.

The Chinese specimens agree with the description of Pseudorthocladius (Pseudorthocladius) curtistylus type II and type III. According to Sæther and Sublette (1983), type II without crista dorsalis, while type III with rounded and protruding crista dorsalis.

Distribution.

The species is widely distributed in Holarctic region.