Orthocladius ruffoi Rossaro &amp; Prato 1991
Creators: name: Rossaro, Bruno
name: Casalegno, Carlotta
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2001
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Chironomidae
Orthocladius
Orthocladius ruffoi

description: <i>Orthocladius ruffoi</i> Rossaro <i>&amp;</i> Prato, 1991 <i>Orthocladius ruffoi</i> Rossaro &amp; Prato, 1991 <i>Rheorthocladius</i> sp. A Thienemann, 1944 (Rossaro &amp; Prato 1991) <i>Orthocladius</i> Pe 1, Langton, 1984: 149 (Rossaro &amp; Prato 1991) DESCRIPTION. See Thienemann (1944: 598), Langton <i>&amp;</i> Cranston (1991, Fig. 1 e, 2 b, 4 a) and Rossaro <i>&amp;</i> Prato (1991, Fig. 2, 3). Thoracic horn 250­350 m long. Pedes spurii B absent. Tergites with median points always well separated from posterior ones on <i>TII­VI</i>, sometimes continuous laterally on T <i>II­IV</i>. T <i>II­III</i> with lateral points well reduced in size with respect to median ones. Very long dorsal and ventral setae on segments <i>VII­VIII</i>. Abdominal segment <i>VII</i> with 3 and segment <i>VIII</i> with 5 strong lateral setae. Pedes spurii A present on S <i>IV­VI</i>. Taeniate extensions of cuticle present on anal lobes, in addition anal lobes with a lateral fringe of thin, short setae. Anal macrosetae not hooked at tip, 275­340 m long, anal lobes 300­375 m long and 400­480 m wide. COMMENTS. The pupal exuviae was described by Thienemann (1944, p. 598) and labelled <i>Rheorthocladius</i> sp. A, and by Langton (1984, p. 149) and labelled <i>Orthocladius</i> (s. str.) Pe 1. MATERIAL EXAMINED: <b>ITALY</b>: PIEMONTE: Acqualba stream, 7 / 7 / 1976, 2 Pex. LOMBARDIA: Lambro river, Asso; 27 / 12 / 1977,1 male pupa; a creek, tributary of Oglio river near Vezza, 5 / 8 / 1979, 1 Pex. EMILIA ROMAGNA: Po river, Caorso (PC), 19 / 5 / 1981, 1 Pex. MARCHE: Potenza river, Castel Raimondo, 8 / 4 / 1986, 1 Pex. LAZIO: Velino river, 11 / 3 / 1990, 1 Pex. ABRUZZO: Sangro river, PNA, st. 4 (Pescasseroli), (SS 84 Km 41), 21 / 5 / 1978, 1 Pex; PNA, st. 13 (Profluo, prato Piano), 21 / 5 / 1978, 1 Pex; PNA, st. 14 (Scontrone), 11 / 11 / 1988, 1 Pex; Vera spring, 12 / 3 / 1988, 1 Pex; 3 / 5 / 1989,1 Pex; 3 / 6 / 1989,1 Pex.
description: Published as part of <i>Bruno Rossaro &amp; Carlotta Casalegno, 2001, Description of the pupal exuviae of some species belonging to Orthocladius s. str. van der Wulp, 1874 (Diptera: Chironomidae: Orthocladiinae), with a new key to species of West Palaearctic region, pp. 1-20 in Zootaxa 7</i> on pages 13-14, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4618447
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