Pseudorthocladius (Pseudorthocladius) morsei Saether & Sublette, 1983

Ren, Jing, Lin, Xiaolong & Wang, Xinhua, 2014, Review of genus Pseudorthocladius Goetghebuer, 1943 (Diptera, Chironomidae) from China, ZooKeys 387, pp. 51-72 : 59

Pseudorthocladius (Pseudorthocladius) morsei Saether & Sublette, 1983

Pseudorthocladius (Pseudorthocladius) morsei Sæther & Sublette, 1983: 85; Ashe and O’Connor 2012: 535.

Diagnosis.

AR 0.78-0.97; virga consisting of tight cluster of about 10 spines and 2 broader lateral blades; inferior volsella with concave inner margin and 1 anterior and 1posterior corner; gonostylus with basal inner lobe, a sharp bend distad of the middle, and a narrow apical posterior.

Specimens examined.

China, Sichuan: 1 ♂, Kangding County, 29°54'N, 102°06'E, 8.vi.1996, Xinhua Wang, light trap.

Remarks.

Sæther and Sublette (1983) described Pseudorthocladius (Pseudorthocladius) morsei based on the material from U.S.A. Its gonostylus has a basal inner lobe, sharply bend distad of the middle and narrow in apical posterior, which is unique among Pseudorthocladius . The Chinese specimen agrees with the description except some minor differences shown in Table 7.

Distribution.

Sichuan Province (Oriental China); U.S.A.; Canada.