Paracladopelma Harnisch
Creators: name: Zorina, Oksana V.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2006
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Chironomidae
Paracladopelma

description: Key to males of Paracladopelma Harnisch
1. Anal tergite bands of H­type; superior volsella deeply divided into bare dorsal lobe and microtrichose and setose ventral lobe (doris group) .............................................. 2
­ Anal tergite bands usually of Y­type, sometimes absent; superior volsella not as above, when dorsal membranous section is present, it is closely fused with ventral portion..... ....................................................................................................................................... 3
2. Superior volsella with pediform dorsal lobe (width 14 m) and triangular ventral lobe (width 14 m) with 4 or 5 setae; inferior volsella slightly pointed apically (Figs. 4–5) ............................................................................................................................ P. d o r i s
­ Superior volsella with globular dorsal lobe (width 27 m) and oval ventral lobe (width 54 m) with 12 setae; inferior volsella apically rounded (Figs, 8, 9) ............................ ........................................................................................................ P. globosum sp. nov.
3. Superior volsella with membranous dorsolateral lobe, bare; ventromedian lobe covered by microtrichia and setae (nigritulum group)....................................................... 4
­ Superior volsella evenly sclerotized, club shaped or foot like, covered by microtrichia and setae (camptolabis group)...................................................................................... 5
4. Brown or dark brown midges; wing length 2.5–2.8 mm; AR 2.19–2.55; anal tergite bands absent; posterior margin of tergite IX triangular without lateral protuberances; ventrolateral part of superior volsella with 8–10 setae; gonostylus not constricted medially (Figs. 20–21) .............................................................................. P. nigritulum
­ Yellowish brown midges; wing length 1.35–1.45 mm; AR 1.56–1.63; anal tergite bands Y­type; posterior part of tergite IX elongated with lateral protuberances; ventromedian margin of superior volsella with 2 setae; gonostylus constricted medially (Figs. 6, 7) .......................................................................................... P. furudoprimum
5. Terminal combs of median and hind tibiae with 1 spur .............................................. 6
­ Terminal combs of median and hind tibiae with 2 spurs ............................................ 7
6. Inferior volsella pointed and ventromedially elongated; anal tergite bands of Y­type
(Figs. 12, 13) ............................................................................................ P. laminatum ­ Inferior volsella apically rounded, not pointed and elongated; tergite IX with medial longitudinal band only (Figs. 14, 15) .................................................................. P. nais
7. Anal tergite bands absent; gonostylus with apical tubercle (Figs. 16–19) ..................... ........................................................................................................................... P. n e re i s
­ Anal tergite bans of Y­type; gonostylus without tubercle ........................................... 8
8. Wing 2.5–2.9 mm long; AR 2.32–2.44; squama with 21 setae; anal point widest medially; superior volsella with elongated dorsolateral margin; inferior volsella apically rounded; gonostylus curved, widest at about midpoint (Figs. 10, 11) ......... P. jacksoni
­ Wing 1.40–2.15 mm long; AR 1.58–2.19; squama with 1–11 setae; hypopygial structures different ............................................................................................................... 9
9. Superior volsella symmetrical, wide, triangular ........................................................ 10
­ Superior volsella foot shaped .................................................................................... 11
10. Gonostylus widest at about distal 1/3 length; anal point parallel sided; superior volsella length 31.5–49.5 m; R1 without setae (Figs 22–24) ....................................... ......................................................................................... P. pseudocamptolabis sp. nov.
­ Gonostylus widest in middle; anal point widest subapically; superior volsella length 54 m; R1 with 12 or 13 setae (Figs. 27, 28) ............................... P. urkanensis sp. nov.
11. Superior volsella with elongated dorsolateral margin; anal point widest subapically; gonostylus nearly straight and widest at about midpoint; HR 0.53–0.61; R1 without setae (Figs. 25, 26) ......................................................................................... P. undine
­ Superior volsella with elongated base and rectangular distal part; anal point widest at about 2/3 length; gonostylus curved and slightly wider in distal 1/3; HR 0.44; R1 with 12–16 setae (Figs. 1–3) ................................................................ P. augustum sp. nov.
description: Published as part of Zorina, Oksana V., 2006, Non­biting midges of the genus Paracladopelma Harnisch (Diptera: Chironomidae) from the Russian Far East, pp. 29-49 in Zootaxa 1134 on pages 46-47, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.171934