Pseudosmittia Edwards, 1932

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 : 148

Key to known female imagines of Pseudosmittia Edwards

1. Cu 1 sinuate, R 4+5 ending distal to or above apex of M 3+4; median antepronotal lobes slightly reduced; tergite I with setae, tergite VIII divided.......................................................................................... 2

– Cu 1 straight or curved, (sinuate only in P. guineensis with undivided tergite VIII, and P. trilobata with tergite VIII divided by broad notch); R 4+5 ending at least slightly proximal to apex of M 3+4; tergite I usually without setae; tergite VIII divided or undivided... 3