Pseudosmittia ruttneri

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 : 116

ruttneri group

Inner verticals absent in H. ruttneri . H. falsicostata and H. aagaardi ; wing with well developed anal lobe, with false vein except in H. setavena and H. ruttneri , setae present on R in male and on R and R 4+ 5 in female; oral projections of transverse sternapodeme well developed; inferior volsella with accessory lobe present with at least free apex in H. ruttneri . H. falsicostata and H. aagaardi ; crista dorsalis evident except in H. falsicostata and H. aagaardi . Pupa with tergal conjunctives VII/VIII bare in H. ruttneri and H. virgo , with spinules in H. oxoniana , H. montana and H. falsicostata ; sternal conjunctives III/IV with spinules; anal macrosetae reduced in H. oxoniana and H. montana , absent in other species.