Pseudosmittia windwardensis (Saether)

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 : 196-197

Pseudosmittia windwardensis (Saether)

( Fig. 73 D, E )

Smittia windwardensis Saether, 1981: 23 .

Pseudosmittia windwardensis (Saether) ; Pinho et al. (2009: 164), Andersen et al. (2010: 71).

Material examined: ST. VINCENT: Majorca , Yambou River, Malaise trap at 1442 m a.s.l., below waterfall, holotype male, allotype female, 2 males, paratypes, vii-viii.1972, A. D. Harrison ( ZMBN No. 31). Other material as in Andersen et al. (2010: 71) .

Diagnostic characters: The relatively long, narrow and curved inferior volsella combined with the triangular anal point will separate the male imago from other members of the group. The female differs from other females with equally high VR and straight Cu 1 in having setae on tergite I, and a costal extension nearly reaching wing apex.

The male and female imagines are redescribed by Andersen et al. (2010: 71). The species is known from St. Vincent and St. Lucia in the Caribbean and from Costa Rica and Brazil.

Figures

FIGURE 73. Pseudosmittia spp., male. A–C. P. melanostola (Kieffer)(from Saether 2004); A—wing; B—hypopygium, dorsal aspect; C—hypopygium, ventral aspect. D, E. P. windwardensis Saether. (A–C from Saether 2004; D, E from Andersen et al. 2010.)