Pseudosmittia insulsa (Johannsen, 1946)

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 : 223

insulsa group

The insulsa group have wings with reduced anal lobe and relatively long costal extension, the postcubital fork is present except in P. amorimi , the mid leg has an inner tibial spur, the superior volsella is absent, the inferior volsella is without an accessory lobe except in P. zonata , the crista dorsalis is not evident, the female antenna has a subapical seta and tergite IX of the female is divided into protrusions, but without a caudal notch.