Pseudosmittia fabioi sp. n., a new species from Sardinia (Diptera: Chironomidae, Orthocladiinae)


Submitted: 20 August 2013
Accepted: 17 October 2013
Published: 14 April 2014
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Authors

  • A. Boggero CNR-Institute of Ecosystem Study (ISE), Verbania Pallanza (VB), Italy.
  • S. Zaupa CNR-Institute of Ecosystem Study (ISE), Verbania Pallanza (VB), Italy.
  • B. Rossaro DeFENS Department of Food, Environmental and Nutritional Sciences, University of Milano, Italy.
A new species of Pseudosmittia Edwards 1932, P. fabioi, from Sardinia (Palearctic region), is described and figured as male and female. The generic diagnosis is emended based on characters found in the new species. The species is characterized by a triangular anal point with microtrichia at apex (not projecting beyond tergite IX), an inferior volsella characterized by a rounded lobe with a setose accessory lobe adpressed to the gonocoxite, a well developed tooth-like projection on the outer margin of the gonostylus, the lack of acrostichals and an antenna with 6 flagellomeres in female.

Supporting Agencies

EU (contract LIFE08/ENV/IT/000413 Local hydro-morphology, habitat and RBMPs, new measures to improve ecological quality in South European rivers and lakes - INHABIT).

Boggero, A., Zaupa, S., & Rossaro, B. (2014). Pseudosmittia fabioi sp. n., a new species from Sardinia (Diptera: Chironomidae, Orthocladiinae). Journal of Entomological and Acarological Research, 46(1), 1–5. https://doi.org/10.4081/jear.2014.1892

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