Pseudosmittia joaquimvenancioi Messias et Oliveira

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 : 184

Pseudosmittia joaquimvenancioi Messias et Oliveira

( Fig. 67 B, I, J )

Bryophaenocladius joaquimvenancioi Messias et Oliveira, 2000:189 .

Pseudosmittia joaquimvenancioi (Messias et Oliveira) , Wang, Andersen & Saether 2006: 19; Andersen, Saether & Mendes 2010: 45 .

Pseudosmittia digitata Saether, 1981: 25 , pro parte.

Material examined: BRAZIL: Rio de Janeiro State, Rio de Janeiro, FIOCRUZ Campus , holotype male, 26 iv 1992, Nùcleo de Chironomidae (IOC) .

Diagnostic characters: The imagines differ from other members of the genus by having an apical elongation of the third palpomere carrying 5–7 sensilla clavata.

The male and female imagines are redescribed by Andersen et al. (2010: 45). It appears to be widespread in Central and South America.

Figures

FIGURE 67. Pseudosmittia spp., male. A, C–H. P. digitata Saether. A—palp; C—thorax; D—wing; E—hypopygium, dorsal aspect; F—anal point, James Bay; G—anal point, Delta Marsh; H—hypopygium, ventral aspect. B, I, J. P. joaquimvenancioi (Messias et Oliveira). [B, I, J from Andersen et al. 2010.]