Pseudosmittia licina, Ferrington Jr & Saether, 2011

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 : 201-203

Pseudosmittia licina sp. n.

( Fig. 76 )

Type material: Holotype male, KIRIBATI: Kiritinati (Christmas Island), Settlement , 10.25 0 S 105.41 0 E, yellow trap, 11–30 iv 1989, J. C. Carsdale ( CSIRO).

Diagnostic characters: The upturned gonostylus combined with the absence of a postcubital fork and an AR of 0.30 will separate the species from other members of the group.

Etymology: From the Latin licinus, bent, deflexed upward, referring to the shape of the gonostylus.

Male imago (n = 1)

All measurements and ratios within the range of variation of P. forcipata with the following exceptions and additions: Wing ( Fig. 76 A ) 0.78 µm long, total length/wing length 1.78, wing length/length of profemur 2.49. AR 0.28, terminal flagellomere 87 µm long. Outer verticals ( Fig. 76 B ) 4, tentorium 14 µm wide. VR 1.86, costa not extended, Cu 1 curved. Tarsomere 3 of front leg 50 µm long, BV 1 4.38, BV 2 4.37, BR 2 2.8. Hypopygium ( Fig. 76 E ) with 6 setae on anal point, 2 setae on laterosternite, phallapodeme 50 µm long, transverse sternapodeme 30 µm long; inferior volsella narrowly triangular, reaching to 0.77 gonocoxite length, gonostylus curved, HR 2.24.

Female, pupa and larva

Unknown.

Distribution

The species is only known from the type locality on Kiritinati.

Figures

FIGURE 76. Pseudosmittia licina sp. n., male. A—wing; B—head; C—thorax; D—virga; E—hypopygium, left dorsal aspect, right ventral aspect.