Hydrosmittia Ferrington Jr & Saether 2011, gen. n.
Creators
Description
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)
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Related works
- Is part of
- Journal article: 10.11646/zootaxa.2849.1.1 (DOI)
- Journal article: http://zenodo.org/record/5288200 (URL)
- Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/124FFFC2FFF7FFF6BD3DBD6214788F3C (URL)
- Is source of
- https://sibils.text-analytics.ch/search/collections/plazi/EE7687BAFF9DFF9CBDAABD9B11E58DF0 (URL)
Biodiversity
- Family
- Chironomidae
- Genus
- Hydrosmittia
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Diptera
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Ferrington Jr & Saether
- Taxonomic status
- gen. nov.
- Taxon rank
- genus
- Taxonomic concept label
- Hydrosmittia Jr & Saether, 2011