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Xenochironomus lacertus Dutta et Chaudhuri 1995

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Xenochironomus lacertus Dutta et Chaudhuri, 1995

Xenochironomus lacertus Dutta and Chaudhuri 1995: 29.

Original material: Holotype male (Type n° 216, B.U.Ent), INDIA, [West] Bengal [state], Coochbehar, 7.iii.1986, leg.: T. K. Dutta. Paratypes: Madrihat, 24. iii.1988, 4 males, leg. T. K. Dutta; Kumargram, 24. iii.1988, 3 males, leg.: T. K. Dutta. Type material unavailable.

Diagnosis based on original description and illustrations. X. lacertus can be separated from other species in the genus by the following characteristics: male with superior volsella broad and large with a ventral digitiform projection; inferior volsella curved ventrodorsaly

Notes

Published as part of Fusari, Lívia Maria, Roque, Fabio De Oliveira & Hamada, Neusa, 2013, Review of Xenochironomus Kieffer, 1921 (Diptera: Chironomidae) with description of six new species, pp. 101-126 in Zootaxa 3646 (2) on page 106, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3646.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/219502

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