Compterosmittia
Creators: name: Lin, Xiaolong
name: Yao, Yuanyuan
name: Liu, Wenbin
name: Wang, Xinhua
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Chironomidae
Compterosmittia

description: Key to adult males of Compterosmittia in the world
1. Anal lobe of wing well developed......................................................................... 2
- Anal lobe of wing reduced.............................................................................. 3
2. Cu1 strongly sinuous, inferior volsella moderately projected........................... C. togalimea (Sasa et Okazawa)
- Cu1 moderately sinuous, inferior volsella strongly projected.............................. C. tuberculifera (Tokunaga)
3. Antenna with 10 or 12 flagellomeres...................................................................... 4
- Antenna with 13 flagellomeres........................................................................... 5
4. Antenna with 10 flagellomeres, AR 0.97................................... C. aberrans Mendes, Andersen et Saether
- Antenna with 12 flagellomeres, AR 0.35–0.39................................................ C. duodecima sp. n.
5. AR low 0.40........................................................... C. oyabelurida (Sasa, Kawai et Ueno)
- AR> 0.60........................................................................................... 6
6. Inferior volsella single-lobed, rounded, strongly projecting..................................................... 7
- Inferior volsella bilobed, anterior lobe digitiform bare, posterior lobe more or less roundish......................... 12
7. Virga present......................................................................................... 8
- Virga absent......................................................................................... 10
8. Anal point nearly parallel-sided, virga only with single plate..................... C. tsujii (Sasa, Shimomura et Matsuo)
- Anal point triangle, virga obvious, with spines............................................................... 9
9. Virga composed of 1 strong, medial spine.......................................................... C. lii sp. n.
- Virga composed of 16–18 spines............................................................... C. virga Wang
10. Anal point well developed, with several strong lateral setae................................. .. C. pectinata (Freeman)
- Anal point short, with few and weak setae.................................................................11
11. Supraalar seta absent, megaseta not dentate.................................. C. croizati Mendes, Andersen et Saether
- Supraalar setae present, megaseta dentate..................................................... C. nerius (Curran)
12. Megaseta dentate..................................................................... C. dentispina (Saether)
- Megaseta not dentate..................................................................................13
13. Anal point moderately long with blunt apex, supraalar seta(e) present............. C. pittieri Mendes, Andersen et Saether
- Anal point slender with pointed apex, supraalar seta absent.................................................... 14
14. Antepronotum without seta, pseudospurs present................................................ C. procera sp. n.
- Antepronotum with several setae, pseudospurs absent............................ C. berui Mendes, Andersen et Saether
description: Published as part of Lin, Xiaolong, Yao, Yuanyuan, Liu, Wenbin & Wang, Xinhua, 2013, A review of the genus Compterosmittia Saether, 1981 (Diptera: Chironomidae) from China, pp. 129-138 in Zootaxa 3669 (2) on page 137, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3669.2.3, http://zenodo.org/record/223055