Antillocladius herradurus Mendes, Andersen et Saether

Mendes, Humberto Fonseca & Andersen, Trond, 2008, A review of Antillocladius Saether and Litocladius Mendes, Andersen et Saether, with the description of two new Neotropical genera (Diptera, Chironomidae, Orthocladiinae), Zootaxa 1887 (1), pp. 1-75 : 33

Antillocladius herradurus Mendes, Andersen et Saether

Antillocladius herradurus Mendes, Andersen and Saether, 2004: 39 , Fig. 8 .

Material examined: Type material as in Mendes et al. (2004).

Diagnostic characters: The male can be separated from all other members of the genus by having a few setae apically on the wing membrane; squama with few setae; costa barely extended; acrostichals starting in front, anterior ones hair-like, posterior ones scalpellate; virga short; anal point triangular, tapering to blunt apex, with strong lateral setae; and inferior volsella strongly projecting posteriomedially, ending in two rounded lobes.

Distribution: The species is known from Calakmul Biosphere Reserve, a large rainforest reserve on the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico.

Figures

FIGURES 7–11. Antillocladius atalaia sp. n., male. 7—tentorium, stipes, and cibarial pump; 8—thorax; 9—wing; 10— anal point and tergite IX and dorsal aspect of left gonocoxite and gonostylus; 11—hypopygium with anal point and tergite IX removed, dorsal aspect to the left and ventral aspect to the right.