Antillocladius venequatoriensis Mendes, Andersen et Saether

Mendes, Humberto Fonseca & Andersen, Trond, 2008, A review of Antillocladius Saether and Litocladius Mendes, Andersen et Saether, with the description of two new Neotropical genera (Diptera, Chironomidae, Orthocladiinae), Zootaxa 1887 (1), pp. 1-75 : 40

Antillocladius venequatoriensis Mendes, Andersen et Saether

Antillocladius venequatoriensis Mendes, Andersen and Saether, 2004: 54 , Fig. 15 .

Material examined: Type material as in Mendes et al. (2004).

Diagnostic characters: The male can be separated from all other members of the genus by having numerous setae in apical half of wing membrane; setose squama; costa weakly extended; acrostichals starting in front, all scalpellate; long virga; anal point long, nearly triangular with pointed apex and moderately strong lateral setae; and inferior volsella relatively small and rounded.

Distribution: This species is known from Venezuela and Ecuador.

Figures

FIGURES 13–17. Antillocladius axitiosus sp. n., male. 13—tentorium, stipes, and cibarial pump; 14—thorax; 15— wing; 16—anal point and tergite IX and dorsal aspect of left gonocoxite and gonostylus; 17—hypopygium with anal point and tergite IX removed, dorsal aspect to the left and ventral aspect to the right.