Orthocladius (Eudactylocladius) schnelli Ole & Saether, 2004, sp. n. ...

• Main Authors: Ole, Saether, A.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2004
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Insecta; Diptera; Chironomidae; Orthocladius; Orthocladius schnelli; Birgervatnet; Black Head; Norway; Peninsula Lake; Svalbard; Vasa; Spitzbergen
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6270724; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.6270724

Orthocladius (Eudactylocladius) schnelli sp. n. (Figs 2, 9, 14) Type material Holotype ɗ, NORWAY: Svalbard, Spitzbergen, Vasa Peninsula, Lake Birgervatnet, 79º 48'N, 11º 37'E, 15 viii 1983, Ø. A. Schnell (ZMBN Type No. 395). Diagnostic characters The male imago is separable from the other species of the subgenus by having dense microtrichiae on both dorsal and ventral sides of gonostylus, strongly sclerotized anal point with nearly parallel­sided apex, wings greyish clouded with dark squama, ultimate flagellomere more than 650 m long, gonocoxite with both volsellae weakly developed and no sensilla chaetica on tarsi. Etymology Named after the collector of the species. Male imago (n =1) Total length 4.50 mm. Wing length 3.17 mm. Total length/wing length 1.42. Wing length/length of profemur 3.13. Coloration dark brown with thoracic markings barely separable from ground colour. Wing pale greyish clouded with squama nearly black. Head. AR 1.25. Ultimate flagellomere 676 m long. Temporal setae 17, including 6 ... : Published as part of Ole & Saether, A., 2004, Three new species of Orthocladius subgenus Eudactylocladius (Diptera: Chironomidae) from Norway, pp. 1-12 in Zootaxa 508 on pages 7-8, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.157963 ...