Podonominae, Thienemann & Edwards, 1837

Cranston, Peter S. & Tang, Hongqu, 2024, An identification guide to the genera of aquatic larval Chironomidae (Diptera) of south-east Asia, Zootaxa 5497 (2), pp. 151-193 : 174

Podonominae : genera

The subfamily Podonominae is amphitropical, with highest representation in the austral south and temperate northern hemisphere. Two genera, each with one described sp., occur in oriental China: if tribes are warranted both would belong to Boreochlini .

1 Posterior body with 2 setae anterior to anal tubules; procercus with 8 anal setae ( Fig. 13A )..... Paraboreochlus Thienemann [lotic, P. okinawanus Kobayashi & Kuranishi , oriental China (Guangdong), Korea; Japan (Okinawa); Holarctic]

1’ No such setae anterior to anal tubules; procercus with 5 anal setae ( Fig. 13B )..................... .. Boreochlus Edwards [lotic, B. burmanicus Brundin , B. malaisei Brundin , Burma ( Brundin 1966); B. thienemanni , oriental China (Guangdong); Japan, Holarctic].

Figures

FIGURE 13. Larval Podonominae. Posterior abdomen of (A) Paraboreochlus, (B) Boreochlus. Larval Protanypodinae. Ventral head of (C) Protanypus, (D) Linevitshia; labrum-epipharynx of (E) Protanypus, (F) Linevitshia; mentum of (G) Protanypus, (H) Linevitshia.