Pseudosmittia cambuciensis Andersen, Saether et Mendes, 2010

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 : 284

Pseudosmittia cambuciensis Andersen, Saether et Mendes

( Fig. 109 D–G )

Pseudosmittia cambuciensis Andersen, Saether et Mendes, 2010: 32 .

Material examined: BRAZIL: São Paulo State, Cubatão, Cambuci , chuvosa (rainy season), holotype male, 2002, F. O. Roque ( MZUSP). Other material as in Andersen et al. (2010: 32) .

Diagnostic characters: The male imago can be separated from other species with bifurcate gonostylus except P. roquei by the absence of an anal point and the presence of a bilobed median volsella. It differs from P. roquei by having the ventral lobe of the median volsella hidden by the dorsal lobe and difficult distinguishable and by longer gonostylus.

This species from São Paulo and Paraná states, Brazil is described in detail by Andersen et al. (2010: 32)

Figures

FIGURE 109. Pseudosmittia spp., male hypopygia. A–C. P. roquei Andersen, Saether et Mendes; A—hypopygium, dorsal view; B—hypopygium with anal point and tergite IX removed, dorsal aspect to the left and ventral aspect to the right; C— gonostylus. D–G. P. cambuciensis Andersen, Saether et Mendes. D—hypopygium, dorsal view; E—hypopygium with anal point and tergite IX removed, dorsal aspect to the left and ventral aspect to the right; F—median volsella, dorsal view; G— gonostylus. (From Andersen et al., 2010.)