Skusella Freeman, 1961

Cranston, Peter S. & Tang, Hongqu, 2018, Skusella Freeman (Diptera: Chironomidae): new species, immature stages from Africa, Asia and Australia, and expanded distributions, Zootaxa 4450 (1), pp. 41-65 : 46

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4450.1.3
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:565A59C6-7F81-420F-886C-248866F2517D
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5967627
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/6D0F87C5-0113-FFD3-FF3F-FEB6FA02FE23
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scientific name	Skusella Freeman
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Key to species and known life stages of adult female Skusella Freeman View in CoL View at ENA

1 Wing unpatterned ( Fig. 1 A View FIGURE 1 ) . Seminal ducts gently curved ( Fig. 3 A View FIGURE 3 ) to near straight. Australia / Asia.... S. subvittata (Skuse) View in CoL

- Wing patterned ( Fig. 1B View FIGURE 1 ). Seminal ducts sinuous ( Fig. 3D View FIGURE 3 ) or looped ( Fig. 3E View FIGURE 3 ). Afrotropical.......................... 2

2 Legs pale. Squama bare. Seminal ducts sinuous ( Fig. 3D View FIGURE 3 )..................................... S. pallidipes Freeman Distal View in CoL femur + proximal tibia dark. Squama setose. Seminal ducts with loop ( Fig. 3E View FIGURE 3 )............... S. freemani Harrison View in CoL