Pseudosmittia forcipata (Goetghebuer, 1921)

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 : 286

publication ID

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

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Pseudosmittia forcipata
status

 

forcipata View in CoL subgroup

Anal point usually absent in P. acutilobata , otherwise parallel-sided and covered with conspicuous microtrichia; apodeme lobe wrinkled except in P. invirgata ; median volsella single; accessory lobe of inferior volsella present with at least apex free except in P. acutilobata ; inner surface of gonostylus covered by long and dense microtrichia or numerous setae. Female tergite IX divided into protrusions and caudal concavity or notch. Pupa (known only from P. forcipata ) with tergite IX covered by shagreen and genital sac with basal, ventral spinules. Larva (known only from P. forcipata ) with antennal blade 2–3 times as long as width of basal segment, posterior parapods with 5 claws, each 6–7 µm long.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Chironomidae

Genus

Pseudosmittia

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