Antillocladius arcuatus Saether 1982
Creators
Description
Antillocladius arcuatus Saether, 1982: 474, Fig. 5; Mendes et al. (2004: 29).
Material examined: Type material as in Saether (1982). BRAZIL: São Paulo: Cajuru, Fazenda Rio Grande, 21°12'S, 47°09'W, 2 males, 18.xii.1999 – 10.i.2000, Malaise trap, G. Melo & F. Nascimento. VENEZUELA: Falcón: Rio Mitare near San Luis, 11°07.930'N, 69°39,184'W, 589 m a.s.l., 8 males, 07.vi.2001, R.W. Holzenthal, R. Blahnik, H. Paprocki & C. Cressa. MEXICO: Nuevo Leòn: Santiago, 30 km west of Cola Caballo on road to Laguna de Sánchez, 2 males, 19.ix.1998, light trap, T. Andersen & A. Contreras-Ramos; Allende, Rio Ramos at Raices, 2 km west of highway 85, 2 males, 20.ix.1998, sweep net & light trap, T. Andersen & A. Contreras-Ramos (MIZA, MZUSP, ZMBN).
Diagnostic characters: The male can be separated from all other members of the genus by having bare wing membrane; squama with 2–3 setae; acrostichals starting in front, non-scalpellate anterior, scalpellate in mid scutum; virga absent; anal point narrow, tapering to point; and inferior volsella strongly projecting and lobe-like.
Distribution: The species is known from Brazil, Mexico, Venezuela, and U.S.A.
Notes
Files
Files
(1.7 kB)
| Name | Size | Download all |
|---|---|---|
|
md5:dd182d0d5a76804c4a10085df516ad2b
|
1.7 kB | Download |
System files
(15.6 kB)
| Name | Size | Download all |
|---|---|---|
|
md5:d5639c36bbb25387a3c6704495b66a17
|
15.6 kB | Download |
Linked records
Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- MIZA, MZUSP, ZMBN
- Event date
- 1998-09-19
- Family
- Chironomidae
- Genus
- Antillocladius
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Diptera
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Saether
- Species
- arcuatus
- Taxon rank
- species
- Type status
- holotype
- Verbatim event date
- 1998-09-19/2001-06-07
- Taxonomic concept label
- Antillocladius arcuatus Saether, 1982 sec. Mendes & Andersen, 2008
References
- Saether, O. A. (1982) Orthocladiinae (Diptera: Chironomidae) from SE U. S. A., with descriptions of Plhudsonia, Unniella and Platysmittia n. genera and Atelopodella n. subgen. Entomologica scandinavica, 13, 465 - 510.
- Mendes, H. F., Andersen, T. & Saether, O. A. (2004) A review of Antillocladius Saether, 1981; Compterosmittia Saether, 1981 and Litocladius new genus (Chironomidae, Orthocladiinae). Zootaxa, 594, 1 - 82.