Antillocladius Saether 1981
Creators: name: Mendes, Humberto Fonseca
name: Andersen, Trond
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Chironomidae
Antillocladius

description: Key to the males of Antillocladius Saether   
 1. Squama bare. Mexico........................................................... A. zempoalensis Mendes, Andersen et Saether   
- Squama with at least one seta.......................................................................................................................2  
2. Anal point nearly parallel-sided with numerous, weak, partly anteriorly directed setae; inferior volsella either pointed triangular or consisting of a long apically simple or bifid lobe; wing bare...........................3  
- Anal point tapering with numerous, usually strong and posterolaterally directed setae; inferior volsella either with a dorsal anterior triangular to digitiform part and a more rounded ventral lobe or circular with or without additional rounded posterior extension, and conspicuously set off; wing usually with apical setae..............................................................................................................................................................9  
3. Inferior volsella pointed triangular; costal extension very long...................................................................4  
- Inferior volsella consisting of a long posteromedially directed simple or apically bifid lobe; costal extension moderately long.....................................................................................................................................6  
 4. Inferior volsellae triangular, leaf-like. Brazil.................................... A. folius Mendes, Andersen et Saether   
- Inferior volsella small, sharply pointed or with rounded apex.....................................................................5  
 5. Inferior volsella small, sharply pointed. Brazil.................................. A. biota Mendes, Andersen et Saether   
 - Inferior volsella with rounded apex. Brazil...................................................................... A. axitiosus sp. n.   
6. Inferior volsella apically bifid.......................................................................................................................7  
- Inferior volsella simple.................................................................................................................................8  
 7. Virga absent. Brazil................................................................... A. sooretama Mendes, Andersen et Saether   
 - Virga present. Brazil............................................................................................................ A. atalaia sp. n.   
 8. Inferior volsella uniformly colored, with sharply pointed apex. Brazil, Venezuela............................................................................................................................................. A. ubatuba Mendes, Andersen et Saether   
 - Inferior volsella with a distinctly darker oral part bearing strong setae, with rounded apex. Brazil.......................................................................................................................................................... A. ultimus sp. n.   
9. Virga at least nearly as long as half the length of phallapodeme; wing membrane with apical setae........10  
- Virga absent or short; wing membrane with or without apical setae..........................................................16  
 10. Anal point with numerous weak setae; inferior volsella small. Venezuela, Ecuador............................................................................................................................. A. venequatoriensis Mendes, Andersen et Saether   
- Anal point with strong, stiff setae; inferior volsella well developed..........................................................11  
 11. Wing with few setae apically in cell r 4+5; AR 1.4–1.7.................................................................................12   
 - Wing with more numerous apical setae present also in cells m 1+2 and sometimes m 3+4; AR 0.9–1.6.........13   
 12. Virga nearly as long as phallapodeme. Brazil................................... A. musci Mendes, Andersen et Saether   
 - Virga less than half the length of phallapodeme. China, Thailand...................... A. zhengi Wang et Saether   
13. Virga about two-third the length of phallapodeme.....................................................................................14  
- Virga half the length of phallapodeme........................................................................................................15  
 14. Squama with 5–6 setae; cell m 3+4 with several setae. Ecuador, Mexico, Nicaragua, U.S. A............................................................................................................................................................... A. pluspilalus Saether   
 - Squama with 9–13 setae; cell m 3+4 bare. Japan............................................... A. yakyijeus (Sasa et Suzuki)   
 15. Cell m 3+4 bare; AR 1.22–1.56. China, Russia.............................................. A. scalpellatus Wang et Saether   
 - Cell m 3+4 with setae; AR about 1.0 (Holotype). India....... A. subnubilus (Sinharay et Chaudhuri) comb. n .   
16. Virga consisting of 2 or 6 very short spines; costal extension short...........................................................17  
- Virga absent; costal extension long............................................................................................................21  
 17. Virga consisting of 6 spines; inferior volsella with digitiform dorsal anterior lobe covering rounded posterioventral lobe. Mexico....................................................... A. calakmulensis Mendes, Andersen et Saether   
- Virga consisting of 2 spines........................................................................................................................18  
 18. Inferior volsella apically split in 2 semicircular lobes. Mexico. A. herradurus Mendes, Andersen et Saether   
- Inferior volsella not divided into lobes.......................................................................................................19  
 19. Wing with protruding anal lobe; inferior volsella with median, oblique fold. Brazil....... A. plicatus sp. n.   
- Anal lobe weak or absent; inferior volsella consisting of single lobe........................................................20  
 20. Costa distinctly extended; inferior volsella perpendicular to gonocoxite; setae on anal point weak. Brazil............................................................................................................................................ A. brazuca sp. n.   
 - Costa not extended; inferior volsella inclined in relation to gonocoxite; setae on anal point strong. Japan................................................................................................................... A. tokarameneus (Sasa et Suzuki)   
21. Inferior volsella a well set off circular lobe, or weak and adpressed to gonocoxite; wing membrane usually with setae....................................................................................................................................................22  
- Inferior volsella a well set off parallel-sided or circular lobe with additional posterior semicircular extension; wing membrane bare..........................................................................................................................24  
 22. Inferior volsella with dorsal ridge; cell r 4+5 with few setae apically. Brazil...................... A. gephyrus sp. n.   
- Inferior volsella simple...............................................................................................................................23  
 23. Wing membrane with numerous apical setae, present also in cell m 3+4. Ecuador............................................................................................................................................. A. skartveiti Andersen et Contreras-Ramos   
 - Wing membrane with 0–3 setae apically in cell r 4+5. Brazil, Saint Vincent, Venezuela...................................................................................................................................................................... A. antecalvus Saether   
 24. Inferior volsella a well set off circular lobe with additional posterior semicircular extension; costal extension> 54 µm long. Brazil, Mexico, Venezuela, U.S.A.................................................. A. arcuatus Saether   
 - Inferior volsella a well set off parallel-sided lobe with broadly rounded apex; costal extension <45 µm. Brazil............................................................................................................................. A. campususp sp. n.
description: Published as part of 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), pp. 1-75 in Zootaxa 1887 (1) on pages 19-20, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1887.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5133869