Paracladopelma globosum Zorina, 2006, sp. nov.

• Main Author: Zorina, Oksana V.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2006
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Insecta; Diptera; Chironomidae; Paracladopelma; Paracladopelma globosum; Seta; Combs; Sakhalin
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/6258977; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6258977

Paracladopelma globosum sp. nov. (Figs. 8–9) Type material. Holotype: male, Russia, Sakhalin Island, Tym River, 2 km from bridge crossing Parkata River, 2–3.VIII. 2003, leg. E. Makarchenko; Paratype: 1 male, same data as holotype. Etymology. The species name is from Latin globosum, globe­shaped, an adjective referring to the form of the superior volsella. Diagnostic characters. This new species has a total length of 3.0 mm, AR 1.73, and the superior volsella with globe­shaped dorsal lobe and oval ventral lobe covered by microtrichia and 12 setae. Male imago (n = 2) Total length 3.0 mm. Wing length 1.85 mm. Total length/wing length 1.62. Coloration. Scape yellow, flagellomeres brown; ground color of thorax pale yellow, mesonotal stripes yellow, 2 / 3 of postnotum brownish; P 1 yellow, except brown on distal 1 / 2 f 1 and distal half t 1, ta 1–5; P 2 and P 3 yellowish brown; abdomen yellowish brown. Head. Frontal tubercles small (length 6.8 m and wide 4.5 m). Verticals 10–12. Clypeus with 11 setae. Antenna 1140 m long. AR 1.73. Maxillary palp 482 m long, lengths of last 4 palpomeres (in m): 41; 126; 117; 198. Palp length/head width 1.01; antenna length/palp length 2.37. Thorax. Antepronotals 1–2, acrostichals 10, dorsocentrals 6–7, prealars 3, supraalars 1. Scutellum with 3–4 setae. Wing. Length 1.85 mm, width 0.53–0.55. VR 1.18–1.20. R with 11–13 setae, R 1 with 2 setae, R 4 + 5 with 13–15 setae. Squama with 1 seta, brachiolum with 2–3 setae. Legs. Terminal combs of median and hind tibiae with 2 spurs (length 18–22 m). BR 1 2.8, BR 2 4.17, BR 3 7.0. Length (in m) and proportions of leg segments: Hypopygium (Figs. 8–9). Anal tergite bands of H­type. Anal point (length 59 m, width 14 m) widest subapically. Laterosternite IX with 1 seta. Transverse sternapodeme 45 m long. Gonocoxite (length 108 m) with 5 setae. Superior volsella with globular, bare dorsal lobe (length 36 m, width 27 m) and oval ventral lobe (length 59–68 m, width 54 m) covered by microtrichia and 12 setae. Inferior volsella rounded apically (length ...