Published December 31, 2013 | Version v1
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Thienemanniella

Description

Key to known males of Thienemanniella of the neotropical region

*it is not possible to key males of the T. spreta group

1 Antenna with 9 flagellomeres...................................................... T. medialis Sublette & Sasa

- Antenna with at least 11 flagellomeres..................................................................... 2

2 Inferior volsella absent............................................. T. similis (Malloch) sensu Hestenes & Saether

- Inferior volsella present................................................................................. 3

3 Gonocoxite with inferior volsella in apical position; superior volsella, elongated, extending to mid-gonocoxite..................................................................................................... T. spreta group*

- Gonocoxite with inferior volsella in proximal position; superior volsella not as above................................ 4

4 Inferior volsella triangular; transverse sternapodeme wide...................................... T. manihuales sp. n.

- Inferior volsella rectangular; transverse sternapodeme narrow....................................... T. biobio sp. n.

Notes

Published as part of Wiedenbrug, Sofia, Lamas, Carlos E. & Trivinho-Strixino, Susana, 2013, A review of Neotropical species in Thienemanniella Kieffer (Diptera, Chironomidae), pp. 215-237 in Zootaxa 3670 (2) on page 235, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3670.2.7, http://zenodo.org/record/215940

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Biodiversity

Family
Chironomidae
Genus
Thienemanniella
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Diptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Taxon rank
genus