Hydrosmittia Ferrington Jr & Saether 2011, gen. n.
Key to known larvae of Hydrosmittia gen. n. 1. Mandible with 4 inner teeth. 2 – Mandible with 3 inner teeth. 3 2. Anterior parapods without any longer claws; total length of fourth instar about 6.2 mm; postmentum about 137 µm long. Hydrosmittia sp. “ Northwest Territories ” – Anterior parapods with...
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Summary: | Key to known larvae of Hydrosmittia gen. n. 1. Mandible with 4 inner teeth. 2 – Mandible with 3 inner teeth. 3 2. Anterior parapods without any longer claws; total length of fourth instar about 6.2 mm; postmentum about 137 µm long. Hydrosmittia sp. “ Northwest Territories ” – Anterior parapods with 20–60 longer claws; total length of fourth instar 2.3–4.6 mm; postmentum 73–79 µm long; Holarctic. H. oxoniana (Edwards) (p. 120) 3. Largest of 10–12 claws of posterior parapods 43–78 µm long; anterior parapods each with about 40–60 longer claws; anal seta bifid or 2–3 anal setae. 4 – Largest of 7–11 claws of posterior parapods 15–34 µm long; anterior parapods each with about 25–30 longer claws; anal seta single. 5 4. Posterior parapods of fourth instar 149–194 µm long, of third instar about 110 µm long; anal seta bifid or 2 anal setae; seta interna present. H. ruttneri (Strenzke et Thienemann) (p. 129) – Posterior parapods of fourth instar about 98 µm long; 3 anal setae; seta interna not observed. H. falsicostata sp. n. (p. 134) 5. Posterior parapods each with 9–11 claws; anal tubules 71–117 µm long, with 1–2 constrictions. H. montana (Strenzke) (p. 118) – Posterior parapods each with 7–10 claws; anal tubules about 25–65 µm long, without constrictions. H. virgo (Strenzke) (p. 126) Published as part of Ferrington Jr, Leonard C. & Saether, Ole A., 2011, A revision of the genera Pseudosmittia Edwards, 1932, Allocladius Kieffer, 1913, and Hydrosmittia gen. n. (Diptera: Chironomidae, Orthocladiinae) 2849, pp. 1-314 in Zootaxa 2849 (1) on page 107, DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.2849.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5288200 |
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