Chaetocladius bitusiki, Moubayed, 2019

Moubayed, Joel & Langton, Peter H, 2019, CHAETOCLADIUS BERYTHENSIS SP. N., C. CALLAUENSIS SP. N., C. GUARDIOLEI SP. N. AND C. PARERAI SP. N., FOUR RELICT SPECIES INHABITING GLACIAL SPRINGS AND STREAMS IN EASTERN PYRENEES AND LEBANON (DIPTERA: CHIRONOMIDAE) Abstract, CHIRONOMUS Journal of Chironomidae Research 32 (32), pp. 42-59 : 56

Chaetocladius bitusiki

(n = 1 male pharate adult; Fig. 6H )

High Tatra Mountains, Slovakia.

1. FS, well-developed, 50-55 μm long (Moubayed-Breil & Bitusik 2019, Fig. 32);

2. TH, club-like (Moubayed-Breil & Bitusik 2019, Fig. 36);

3. Dc 1 located long distance from Dc 2; Dc 2 located close to Dc 3 and Dc 4 ( Fig. 6H ); d1 = 45, d2 = d3, 15;

4. Dc 1, Dc 3 and Dc 4 (type-a); Dc 2, (type-c);

5. Present on sternites IV-VII;

6. M, thorn to long spine; ApiL, with 2 distinct rounded expansions, inner a large lobe and wider (Moubayed-Breil & Bitusik 2019, Fig. 42).

Figures

Figure 6. Pupal exuviae of Chaetocladius spp. Frontal apotome of: A) C. cf. callauensis sp. n.; B) C. mantetensis; C) C. cf. guardiolei sp. n. Distribution pattern of dorsocentral setae on thorax of: D) C. melaleucus; E) C. perennis; F) C. guisseti; G) C. mantetensis; H) C. bitusiki; I) C. cf. laminatus; J) C. cf. callauensis sp. n.; K) C. cf. guardiolei sp. n; L) C. cf. parerai sp. n.