Paracladius Hirvenoja
Creators: name: Fu, Yue
name: Wang, Xinhua
name: Andersen, Trond
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Chironomidae
Paracladius

description: Key to the males of Paracladius Hirvenoja
1. Anal point without lateral setae .................................................................................................................................... 2
- Anal point with lateral setae ......................................................................................................................................... 5
2. Anal point not overreaching the posterior margin of tergite IX; gonostylus without crista dorsalis (Japan) ................. ................................................................................................................... Paracladius tusimoabeus (Sasa et Suzuki)
- Anal point extending beyond the posterior margin of tergite IX; gonostylus with crista dorsalis ............................... 3
3. Anal point long, without microtrichia (Russian Far East) ...... Paracladius seutakanus Makarchenko et Makarchenko
- Anal point short, with dorsal microtrichia .................................................................................................................... 4
4. AR> 2.8; gonostylus with pointed triangular crista dorsalis (Oriental China) .............................................................. ........................................................................................................................... Paracladius antennarius Yan et Wang
- AR <2.0; gonostylus with rounded crista dorsalis (Holarctic, Near East)............... Paracladius alpicola (Zetterstedt)
5. Inferior volsella rounded or boot-shaped with rounded apex ....................................................................................... 6
- Inferior volsella hooked with pointed apex .................................................................................................................. 7
6. Anal point 50 µm long; inferior volsella rounded; costal extension 12 µm long; sensilla chaetica 13 on ta1 of hind leg (Oriental China) ..................................................................................................................... Paracladius ovatus sp. n.
- Anal point 30–35 µm long; inferior volsella boot-shaped; costal extension 30–50 µm long; sensilla chaetica 6–8 on ta1 of hind leg (Japan, Palaearctic China) ................................................... Paracladius akansextus Sasa et Kamimura
7. Anal point 10–30 µm long, not overreaching the posterior margin of tergite IX (Holarctic, Near East)....................... .................................................................................................................................... Paracladius conversus (Walker)
- Anal point 40–50 µm long, extending beyond the posterior margin of tergite IX ....................................................... 8
8. AR> 1.7; anal point entirely covered with microtrichia; gonostylus with low crista dorsalis (Holarctic).................... ........................................................................................................................... Paracladius quadrinodosus Hirvenoja
- AR <1.5; anal point without microtrichia in apical one-half; gonostylus with high crista dorsalis (Russia Far East) .................................................................................................. Paracladius omolonus Makarchenko et Makarchenko
description: Published as part of Fu, Yue, Wang, Xinhua & Andersen, Trond, 2010, Chinese Paracladius Hirvenoja, with the description of P. ovatus sp. n. (Chironomidae: Orthocladiinae), pp. 62-68 in Zootaxa 2453 on pages 67-68, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.195235