Robackia Saether

Yan, Chuncai & Wang, Xinhua, 2006, Robackia Saether from China (Diptera: Chironomidae), Zootaxa 1361, pp. 53-59 : 58

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.174685
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5663868
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scientific name	Robackia Saether
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Key to the males of Robackia Saether View in CoL View at ENA

1. Anal point only with basal strong setae ....................... R. demeijerei ( Kruseman, 1933) View in CoL

- Anal point with weak setae in addition to basal strong setae........................................ 2

2. Tergite IX with shoulders .............................................................................................. 3

- Tergite IX with posterior margin rounded..................................................................... 4

3. Superior volsella swollen distally, anal point nearly parallel-sided ................................ ................................................................................................ R. pilicauda Saether, 1977 View in CoL

- Superior volsella not swollen distally, anal point widened in apical 1/3 ........................ ................................................................................................. R. aculeata Zorina, 2003 View in CoL

4. Anal point constricted basally, AR 2.00–2.44 ...................... R. claviger ( Townes, 1945) View in CoL

- Anal point nearly parallel-sided, AR 1.30 .......................................... R View in CoL . parallela sp. n.

References

Kruseman, G. (1933) Tendipedidae Neerlandicae. Pars I. Genus Tendipes cum generibus finitimis. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie, 76, 119 - 216.

Saether, O. A. (1977) Taxonomic studies on Chironomidae: Nanocladius, Pseudochironomus, and the Harnischia complex. Bulletin of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada, 196, 1 - 143.

Townes, H. K. Jr. (1945) The Nearctic species of Tendipedini (Diptera, Tendipedidae) (= Chironomidae). American Midland Naturalist, 34, 1 - 206.

Zorina, O. V. (2003) Four new species of non-biting midges of the Harnischia complex (Diptera, Chironomidae, Chironomidae) from Sakhalin Island (Russian Far East). Euroasian Entomological Journal, 2, 221 - 225.