Neotropical Allocladius Kieffer, 1913 and Pseudosmittia Edwards, 1932 (Diptera: Chironomidae)

TROND ANDERSEN; OLE A. SÆTHER; HUMBERTO F. MENDES

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2472.1.1

Issue: Vol. 2472 No. 1: 14 May. 2010

Type: Articles

Published: 2010-05-14

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2472.1.1

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**Neotropical Allocladius Kieffer, 1913 and Pseudosmittia Edwards, 1932 (Diptera: Chironomidae)**

TROND ANDERSEN⁺⁻
OLE A. SÆTHER⁺⁻
HUMBERTO F. MENDES⁺⁻

Department of Natural History, Bergen Museum, University of Bergen, Pb. 7800, N-5020 Bergen, Norway

Diptera Chironomidae Orthocladiinae Allocladius Pseudosmittia new species new combintations keys Neotropical

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Abstract

The Neotropical species of the genera Pseudosmittia Edwards, 1932 and Allocladius Kieffer, 1913 are described or redescribed, short generic diagnoses are given, and keys to the males presented. The following new species are described and figured as male imagines: Allocladius globosus, A. quadrus, A. scrotus, Pseudosmittia adunca, P. amorimi, P. cambuciensis, P. carioca, P. catarinense, P. gibbistyla, P. invirgata, P. lamasi, P. lamellata, P. magdae, P. nana, P. palpina, P. paulista, P. pinhoi, P. roquei, P. tropis, P. umbonata, and P. uncata. Allocladius bilobulatus (Edwards) comb. n., A. fortispinatus (Edwards) comb. n., A. neobilobulatus (Paggi) comb. n., Pseudosmittia joaquimvenancioi (Messias et4 · Zootaxa 2472 © 2010 Magnolia PressOliveira), and P. windwardensis (Sæther) are redescribed as male imagines. Diagnoses of Pseudosmittia brachydicrana (Edwards), P. digitata Sæther, and P. forcipata (Goetghebuer) are given. The female of A. bilobulatus, the pupa of A. neobilobulatus, a pupa from Chile possibly belonging to A. bilobulatus, a pupa of the Pseudosmittia forcipata group from Brazil, and an unplaced larva from the Falkland Islands are also described.

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