Bryophaenocladius, Thienemann, 1934

Donato, Mariano, Mauad, Melina & Siri, Augusto, 2024, New species of Bryophaenocladius Thienemann, 1934 (Diptera: Chironomidae) from Argentina, Zootaxa 5448 (2), pp. 283-291 : 290

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5448.2.8

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:98DD6D1D-82C9-4E18-98D7-E49717CA840F

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11238109

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039387F0-FF98-BB0D-97D6-FB619FD4DCAB

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Bryophaenocladius
status

 

Key to male imagines of the genus Bryophaenocladius View in CoL from the Neotropical region

1. Anal point equilateral triangle-shaped..................................................................... 2

– Anal point isosceles triangle-shaped...................................................................... 4

2. Pseudospurs absent........................................................... B. carolinae Donato. Argentina

- Pseudospurs present................................................................................... 3

3. Inferior volsella digitiform; megaseta without teeth; mid leg with weak comb............... B. digitatus Saether. View in CoL Mexico

- Inferior volsella knob-like; megaseta with several teeth; midleg without comb.................................................................................................. B. pichinensis Wang, Andersen et Saether. View in CoL Mexico

4. Palp with 4 short palpomeres................................................ B. carus (Roback) View in CoL . Panama, Brazil

– Palp with 5 well-developed palpomeres.................................................................... 5

5. Third palpomere with digitiform projection............................ B. simplex Wang, Andersen et Saether. View in CoL Mexico

– Third palpomere without projection....................................................................... 6

6. Pseudospurs present............................................. B. humerosus Wang, Andersen et Saether. View in CoL Mexico

- Pseudospurs absent.................................................................................... 7

7. Wing membrane without microtrichia.................................................. B. nasus sp. n. Argentina

- Wing membrane with microtrichia at least visible at 100x of magnification....................................... 8

8. Wing with anal lobe well developed; virga simple, truncated at the end; inferior volsella rounded.............................................................................................. B. virgotrunctatus sp. n. Argentina

- Wing without anal lobe; virga with two spines, rounded at the end; inferior volsella low....... B. urbanus sp. n. Argentina.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Chironomidae

GBIF Dataset (for parent article) Darwin Core Archive (for parent article) View in SIBiLS Plain XML RDF