Pseudosmittia remigula Saether

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 : 197-198

Pseudosmittia remigula Saether

( Fig. 74 A, B )

Pseudosmittia remigula Saether, 2004: 299 .

Material examined: SEYCHELLES: Mahé, Marc aux Cochons, holotype male, 29.viii.2002, J. Gerlach ( ZMBN Type No. 404). Paratype: 1 male , SEYCHELLES: no other data ( BMNH) .

Diagnostic characters: The absence of an anal point, the long adpressed inferior volsella with a covered accessory lobe, and particularly the paddle oar-shaped gonostylus readily separate the male imago from other species of the genus.

The species, known only from the Seychelles, is described in sufficient details by Saether (2004: 299)

Figures

FIGURE 74. Pseudosmittia spp., male. A, B. P. remigula Saether. A—hypopygium, dorsal aspect; B—hypopygium, ventral aspect. C–G. P. triangula (Tokunaga). C—wing; D—head; E—virga; F—hypopygium, dorsal aspect; G—hypopygium, ventral aspect. (From Saether 2004.)