Pseudosmittia magdae Andersen, Saether et Mendes

Ferrington Jr, Leonard C. & Saether, Ole A., 2011, A revision of the genera Pseudosmittia Edwards, 1932, Allocladius Kieffer, 1913, and Hydrosmittia gen. n. (Diptera: Chironomidae, Orthocladiinae) 2849, Zootaxa 2849 (1), pp. 1-314 : 297

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.2849.1.1

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5294226

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scientific name

Pseudosmittia magdae Andersen, Saether et Mendes
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Pseudosmittia magdae Andersen, Saether et Mendes View in CoL

( Fig. 114 A, B View FIGURE 114 ) Pseudosmittia magdae Andersen, Saether et Mendes 2010: 53 .

Material examined: BRAZIL: São Paulo State, Parque Estadual Intervales, gruta Paiva , CDC trap, holotype male, 14.viii.2001, E. Galati ( MZUSP). Other material as in Andersen et al. (2010: 53) .

Diagnostic characters: The species differ from P. forcipata by having median volsella nearly as long as superior volsella, superior volsella with basal anterior projection carrying 2–4 setae (always?), gonostylus bilobed with secondary lobe adpressed to gonostylus, and apodeme lobe apparently with only two weak wrinkles.

The species is described in detail in Andersen et al. (2010: 53). The species may be a variety of P. forcipata . The main differences consist in the longer median volsella, the more clearly two-lobed partly fused gonostylus, and the anterobasal projection of the superior volsella. It is known from two localities in São Paulo State, Brazil.

MZUSP

Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de Sao Paulo

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Chironomidae

Genus

Pseudosmittia

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