Pseudorthocladius (Pseudorthocladius) macrovirgatus Saether & Sublette, 1983

Ren, Jing, Lin, Xiaolong & Wang, Xinhua, 2014, Review of genus Pseudorthocladius Goetghebuer, 1943 (Diptera, Chironomidae) from China, ZooKeys 387, pp. 51-72 : 58-59

Pseudorthocladius (Pseudorthocladius) macrovirgatus Saether & Sublette, 1983

Pseudorthocladius (Pseudorthocladius) macrovirgatus Sæther & Sublette, 1983: 88; Ashe and O’Connor 2012: 535.

Pseudorthocladius (Pseudorthocladius) cranstoni Sæther & Sublette, 1983: 92; Schnell 1991: 5-10.

Diagnosis.

AR 1.04-1.18; R4+5 with 0-8 setae, squama with 6-15 setae; virga consisting of 2 broad lateral spines and 4 partially fused median spines, about 0.5 ×as long as gonostylus; gonostylus well–developed with rounded inferior volsella.

Specimens examined.

China, Zhejiang: 1 ♂, Taizhou City, Tiantai County, Baxian Lake, 29°09'N, 120°57'E, 13.iv.2011, Xiaolong Lin, sweep net.

Remarks.

The Chinese specimen mainly agrees with the original description by Sæther and Sublette (1983). Some measured differences between the Chinese specimen and the specimen described by Sæther and Sublette (1983) are shown in Table 6.

Distribution.

Zhejiang Province (Oriental China); Europe (Norway; Great Britain; Ireland; France and Netherlands, and North America (U.S.A. and Canada).