Allocladius scrotus Andersen, Saether et Mendes, 2010

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 : 93

Allocladius scrotus Andersen, Saether et Mendes

( Fig. 30 F, G )

Allocladius scrotus Andersen, Saether et Mendes, 2010: 19 .

Material examined: ECUADOR: Región XII, near Pasochoa Res. Pichinca, 3000 m a.s.l., holotype male, 4.ii.1997, J. Skartveit. ( ZMBN Type No. 425). Paratypes 2 males , same as holotype.

Diagnostic characters: The presence of a single pars ventralis ( Fig. 30 G ) about twice as wide as long and without setae together with the tongue-like strongly projecting inferior volsella and from other species with pars ventralis.

The male is described in detail in Andersen et al. 2010: 19.

Distribution

The species is known from Ecuador (Andersen et al. 2010).

Figures

FIGURE 30. Allocladius spp. A–E, A. bothnicus (Tuiskunen), immmatures. A—male genital sheath of pupa; B—larval antenna; C—premandible; D—mandible; E—mentum. F–G, A. scrotus Andersen, Saether et Mendes. F—hypopygium; G— pars ventralis [A–E after Makarchenko & Makarchenko 2007, F–G from Andersen et al. 2010].