Onconeura Andersen et Saether
Creators: name: Wiedenbrug, Sofia
name: Mendes, Humberto F.
name: Pepinelli, Mateus
name: Trivinho-Strixino, Susana
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Chironomidae
Onconeura

description: Key to known pupae of Onconeura Andersen et Saether
1. Fringe of anal lobe much shorter as anal lobe length .................................................................................................. 2
- Fringe of anal lobe with at least some taeniate seta subequal or longer as anal lobe length ....................................... 4
2. Frontal apotome keel shaped (Fig. 9 A); L2 -seta never as long as half of segment length ......... Onconeura sp. “hat”
- Frontal apotome not as above; L2 -seta at least as long as half of segment length....................................................... 3
3. TII/III with 6 – 10 hooklets on conjunctive; shagreen of TII–TIV not contiguous to posterior row of spines; spines of caudal row on TIV almost as long as wide (Fig. 9 F) ........................................................... Onconeura sp. “taquara”
- TII/III with 0 – 1 hooklet on conjunctive; shagreen of TII–TIV contiguous to caudal spine rows; spines of caudal row on TIV longer than wide (Fig. 1 E) ................................................................................... Onconeura cascatinha sp.n.
4. TIII–TVII with three L-setae; fringe with less than 10 taeniate setae subequal or longer than anal lobus length......... ....................................................................................................................................... Onconeura oncovolsella sp.n.
- TIII–TVII with four L-setae; fringe with more than 10 taeniate setae longer than anal lobus ................................... 5
5. Conjunctive TV/VI and TVI/VII with 2 hooklets only; sternite II usually without shagreen ....................................... ............................................................................................... Onconeura sp. “ET157” (Ospina Torres 1992, fig. 164)
- Conjunctive TV/VI always and TVI/VII usually with more than two hooklets; sternite II with fine shagreen or long spines ........................................................................................................................................................................... 6
6. Points of shagreen on sternite II about as long as points of shagreen on sternite III .................................................. 7
- Posterior points of shagreen on sternite II longer than points of shagreen on sternite III ........................................... 8
7. L2 -seta of segment VIII very long reaching fringe bases; conjunctive TII/III usually with 4–5 hooklets..................... ...................................................................................................................................................... Onconeura japi sp.n.
- L2 -seta of segment VIII shorter; conjunctive TII/III usually with 2–3 hooklets............. Onconeura similispina sp.n.
8. Median area of TII, TIII and SII without shagreen; posterior field of shagreen on SII with strongly needle like spinules .................................................................................................................................... Onconeura sp. “ buriti”
- Median area of TII, TIII and SII with shagreen; posterior field of shagreen on SII with points slightly longer than others............................................................................................................................................................................ 9
9. Fringe with more than 20 taeniate setae longer than anal lobus; L2-seta on segment VIII longer and stronger than L1- seta ............................................................................................................... Onconeura semifimbriata (Saether, 1981)
- Fringe with less than 15 taeniate setae longer than anal lobus; L-seta on segment VIII subequal ................................ ........................................................................................................ Onconeura undecimata Andersen et Saether 2005
description: Published as part of Wiedenbrug, Sofia, Mendes, Humberto F., Pepinelli, Mateus & Trivinho-Strixino, Susana, 2009, Review of the genus Onconeura Andersen et Saether (Diptera: Chironomidae), with the description of four new species from Brazil, pp. 1-26 in Zootaxa 2265 on page 23, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.190820