Paracladopelma undine Townes

• Main Author: Zorina, Oksana V.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2006
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Insecta; Diptera; Chironomidae; Paracladopelma; Paracladopelma undine; Beck; Combs; Nayba; Sakhalin
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/6258987; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6258987

Paracladopelma undine (Townes) (Figs. 25–26) Harnischia (Cladopelma) undine Townes, 1945: 149; Roback (1957: 102) Chironomus (Cryptochironomus) undine (Townes); Sublette & Sublette (1965: 168) Paracladopelma undine (Townes); Beck & Beck (1969: 302) Material. 1 male, Russia, Khabarovsk Territory, Khingan River near railway bridge, 28.VII. 2003, leg. O. Zorina; 1 male, Sakhalin Island, Lutoga River near Vysokoe Village, 25–26.VII. 2001, leg. E. Makarchenko; 3 males, Leonidovka River 8 km below Leonidovo Village, 9–10.VIII. 2001, leg. E. Makarchenko; 1 male, Avgustovka River 13 km from Boshnyakovo Village, 23.VII. 2003, leg. E. Makarchenko; 1 male, Nayba River about 5 km from Bikovo Village, 17.VII. 2003, leg. E. Makarchenko. Male imago (n = 6) Wing length 1.6–2.1 mm. Coloration. Scape yellow, flagellomeres dark brown; ground color of thorax pale yellow, mesonotal stripes yellow or yellowish brown, 2 / 3 of postnotum brown; P 1 yellow, except brown on distal end f 1 and t 1, ta 1–5; P 2 and P 3 yellowish, except f 2 and f 3 brownish on distal 1 / 3 and t 2 and t 3 brownish on proximal end, ta 1–5 gradually darkened toward apex; abdomen yellowish. Head. Frontal tubercles 13.5–18 m long and 4.5–6.75 m wide. Verticals 17. Clypeus with 12–15 setae. Antenna 931–1083 m long. AR 1.58–1.71. Maxillary palp 356–491 m long, lengths of last 4 palpomeres (in m): 32–54; 90–117; 99–135; 135–194. Palp length/head width 0.72–0.99; antenna length/palp length 2.17–2.78. Thorax. Antepronotals 3, acrostichals 9–13, dorsocentrals 4–9, prealars 2–5, supraalars 1. Scutellum with 7–9 setae. Wing. Length 1.6–2.1 mm, width 0.48–0.59. VR 1.15–1.23. R with 7–11 setae, R 1 without setae, R 4 + 5 with 11–14 setae. Squama with 2–4, brachiolum with 1–2 setae. Legs. Terminal combs with 2 spurs (length 18 m). LR 1 1.77–1.84, LR 2 0.56–0.60, LR 3 0.62–0.68; SV 1 1.25–1.41, SV 2 3.52–3.84, SV 3 2.93–3.21; BV 1 1.72–1.84, BV 2 3.43–3.81, BV 3 2.82–2.95; BR 1 2.6 –3.0, BR 2 4.0, BR 3 4.0–5.0. Hypopygium (Figs 25–26). Median longitudinal ridge of ...