Smittia brevipennis Boheman ...

• Main Author: Saether, Ole A.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2004
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Insecta; Diptera; Chironomidae; Smittia; Smittia brevipennis; Arctic; New Siberian Islands; Taimyr; Siberia
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6271210; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.6271210

Smittia brevipennis (Boheman) (Fig. 22) Chironomus brevipennis Boheman, 1856: 575. Smittia brevipennis Bohem.) sensu Lundström (1915: 20).? Smittia subaptera Goetghebuer, 1934: 133 Material examined. RUSSIA: West Taimyr, Taimyr Gulf, 1 Ψ, 11(28) vi 1901, A. A. Birula; New Siberian Islands, Cap Wosnessenje, 2 Ψ, 13 (26) –14 (27) vi 1902, M. I Brussnew. FEMALE IMAGO (n = 1–3) Total length 2.26–2.87 mm. Wing length 0.66–0.79 mm, i.e. reduced. Total length/ wing length 3.41–3.53. Wing length/length of profemur 1.37–1.50. Coloration blackish brown. Head. AR 0.41. Lengths of flagellomeres (in m) as: 68–75, 41–53, 49, 30–45, 84. Temporal setae 6–9, consisting of 1–4 inner verticals, 1–2 outer verticals, and 2–4 postorbitals. Clypeus with 4–13 setae. Tentorium 116–131 m long, 15–21 m wide. Palpomere lengths (in m): 26–30, 34–44, 49, 49, 86. Thorax. Antepronotum with 2 lateral setae. Acrostichals 2–11 (starting near antepronotum; see Remarks below); dorsocentrals 6–19 (see Remarks below); prealars 5– 6. Scutellum ... : Published as part of Saether, Ole A., 2004, The chironomids (Diptera, Chironomidae) described by Lundström (1915) from arctic Siberia, with a redescription of Derotanypus sibiricus (Kruglova & Chernovskii), pp. 1-35 in Zootaxa 595 on pages 22-23, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.157906 ...