Robackia Saether 1977
Creators
- 1. Entomology Research Unit, Department of Zoology, The University of Burdwan, Burdwan, India & bindabdn @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 9792 - 7931
- 2. Entomology Research Unit, Department of Zoology, The University of Burdwan, Burdwan, India & hazra. niladri @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 8149 - 9445
Description
A world key to the species of the genus Robackia Saether (male)
(adopted from Yan et Wang 2006)
1. Anal point without any lateral setae, only with basal strong setae (Holarctic: United States, Canada, China)......................................................................................... R. demeijerei (Kruseman, 1933)
- Anal point with weak lateral setae, with or without basal strong setae............................................ 2
2(1). Tergite IX with shoulders............................................................................... 3
- Tergite IX with posterior margin rounded................................................................... 4
3(2). Superior volsella swollen distally; anal point nearly parallel–sided (Palaearctic and Orient: former Yugoslavia, Italy, North Korea, Russia, China).............................................................. R. pilicauda Saether, 1977
- Superior volsella not swollen distally; anal point widened in apical 1/3 (Palaearctic: Russia)....... R. aculeata Zorina, 2003
4(2). Anal point constricted basally (Nearctic: United States).................................. R. claviger (Townes, 1945)
- Anal point nearly parallel-sided.......................................................................... 5
5(4). AR 1.30; T IX with 4 strong dorsal setae; superior volsella digitiform with 1 subapical and 1 apical setae (Oriental China)............................................................................. R. parallela Yan et Wang, 2006
- AR 2.03–2.13; T IX without strong setae; superior volsella bilobed, inner part with 1 subapical and 1 apical setae (Orient: India)............................................................................... R. aequilongia sp. n.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Chironomidae
- Genus
- Robackia
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Diptera
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Saether
- Taxon rank
- genus
- Taxonomic concept label
- Robackia Saether, 1977 sec. Mukherjee & Hazra, 2022
References
- Yan, C. C. & Wang, X. H. (2006) Robackia Saether from China (Diptera: Chironomidae). Zootaxa, 1361 (1), 53 - 59. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 1361.1.5
- Kruseman, G. (1933) Tendipedidae Neerlandicae. Pars I. Genus Tendipes cum generibus finitimis. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie, 76, 119 - 216.
- Saether, O. A. (1977) Taxonomic studies on Chironomidae: Nanocladius, Pseudochironomus, and the Harnischia complex. Bulletin of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada, 196, 1 - 143.
- Zorina, O. V. (2003) Four new species of non - biting midges of the Harnischia complex (Diptera, Chironomidae, Chironomidae) from Sakhalin Island (Russian Far East). Eurasian Entomological Journal, 2, 221 - 225.
- Townes, H. K. (1945) The Nearctic species of Tendipedini [Diptera, Tendipedidae (= Chironomidae)]. The American Midland Naturalist, 34, 1 - 206. https: // doi. org / 10.2307 / 2421112