Caladomyia
Creators: name: Trivinho-Strixino, Susana
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Chironomidae
Caladomyia

description: Key to pupae of Caladomyia
1. TIII and IV with paired patches of short spinules or bands of long spines......................................... 2
- TIII and IV with shagreen only, without paired patches of spinules or spines [Trivinho-Strixino & Strixino (2000), Fig. 8]............................................................................................... C. friederi
2. TIII with paired longitudinal bands of long spines (as in Fig. 55)................................................ 6
- TIII with paired patches of short spinules (as in Fig. 77)....................................................... 3
3. Patches of spinules in the posterior part of TIII [Säwedal (1981), Fig. 9]..................................... C. spixi
- Patches of spinules in the anterior part of TIII............................................................... 4
4. Patches of spinules on TIII–V near median line and enclosed by fine shagreenation. Segments V and VI with two L setae and 1 ta seta (Fig. 5)............................................................................ C. humboldti
- Patches of spinules on TIII–V separated. Segments V and VI without L setae, with 3 ta setae......................... 5
5. Segment VII with 3 ta setae [Trivinho-Strixino & Strixino (2003), Fig. 10]........................... C. riotarumensis
- Segment VII with 4 ta setae (Fig. 77)........................................................... C. yara sp. n.
6. Spine bands on TIII strongly curved posteriorly............................................................ 13
- Spine bands on TIII straight or slightly curved posteriorly..................................................... 7
7. TIV with paired s-shaped longitudinal bands of long spines. TV with median paired s-shaped longitudinal bands of short bifid or trifid spinules [Trivinho-Strixino & Strixino (2003), Fig. 3]............................................ C. ortoni
- Bands spines of TIV and TV not s-shaped................................................................. 8
8. TIV with bands of long spines........................................................................... 9
- TIV with patches of short multiple spinules (bifid or trifid) [Sanseverino & Fittkau (2007), Fig. 17]......... C. tuberculata
9. TIV and V with inverted L-shaped bands of long spines. Lateral antepronotal setae (Lap) surrounded by short spinules (Figs 55 and 56)............................................................................... C. curumim sp. n.
- TIV and V with bands not inverted L-shaped. Lateral antepronotal setae (Lap) without spinules..................... 10
10. TIV with hair-like spines. Precorneals setae very long (Fig 29 and 30)............................... C. canine sp. n.
- TIV with coarser spines............................................................................... 11
11. Spine bands on TIV obliquely divergent posteriorly (Fig. 44).................................... C. carolensis sp. n.
- Spine bands on TIV nearly parallel or slightly divergent posteriorly............................................ 12
12. Posterolateral comb of segment VIII with 5–6 large marginal teeth and 8–9 overlapping ventral teeth (Fig. 23).................................................................................................. C. bruneola sp. n.
- Posterolateral comb of segment VIII with 1 large marginal tooth and 10–12 overlapping ventral teeth (Fig. 70)................................................................................................... C. kapilei sp. n.
13. Spine bands on TIII strongly curved at almost 90o angle..................................................... 14
- Spine bands on TIII not so strongly curved (Fig. 51)....................................................... 15
14. TIV with paired patches of simple spinules (Fig. 92)............................................ C. sp. “Trindade”
- TIV with paired patches of long and short spines (Fig. 86)...................................... C. sp. “Canchim 2”
15. TVI bare (Fig. 50)........................................................................ C. comunis sp. n.
- TVI with paired patches of short spinules.................................................................. 16
16. Spines of TIV long. Posterolateral comb of segment VIII with 7–8 large marginal teeth and 8–10 overlapping ventral teeth (Fig. 35)............................................................................. C. capaopreto sp. n.
- Spines of TIV short. Posterolateral comb of segment VIII with 6 marginal teeth and near 24 overlapping ventral teeth (Fig. 64)
description: Published as part of Trivinho-Strixino, Susana, 2012, A systematic review of Neotropical Caladomyia Säwedal (Diptera: Chironomidae), pp. 1-41 in Zootaxa 3495 on page 5, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.214771