Pseudosmittia adunca Andersen, Saether et Mendes

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 : 284

Pseudosmittia adunca Andersen, Saether et Mendes

( Fig. 110 A, B )

Pseudosmittia adunca Andersen, Saether et Mendes, 2010: 26 .

Material examined: BRAZIL: Santa Catarina State, Jaraguá do Sul , emergence trap (soil), holotype male, 14.v.– 2.viii.2003, A.P. Dias et al. ( IOC). Other material as in Andersen et al. (2010: 26) .

Diagnostic characters: The male imago can be separated from other species with bifurcate gonostylus by the long, inward curved secondary lobe of the gonostylus and the long anterior lobe of the median volsella.

This Brazilian species from Santa Catarina State is described in detail in Andersen et al. (2010: 26).

Figures

FIGURE 110. Pseudosmittia spp., male hypopygia; A, C, E, dorsal views; B, D, F, with anal point and tergite IX removed, dorsal aspect to the left and ventral aspect to the right. A, B. P. adunca Andersen, Saether et Mendes. C, D. P.uncataAndersen, Saether et Mendes. E, F. P. catarinense Andersen, Saether et Mendes. (From Andersen et al., 2010.)