Published February 28, 2023 | Version v1
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Zavrelia Kieffer & Bause 1913

  • 1. Department of Environmental and Life Sciences, Trent University, 1600 West Bank Drive, Peterborough, ON, Canada. arminnamayandeh @ trentu. ca; a. namayan @ taxanama. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 2136 - 0497
  • 2. 5597 New Meadow Drive, Ypsilanti, MI 48197.
  • 3. Department of Fisheries Sciences, Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Kurdistan, Sanandaj, Iran. & Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Ecology, Faculty of Fisheries and Environmental Sciences, Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Gorgan, Iran.
  • 4. Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Arctic and Aquatic Research Division, 501 University Cr., Winnipeg, MB, Canada. Wendylee. Stott @ dfo-mpo. gc. ca; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 5252 - 4901

Description

Key to the known pupae of Zavrelia

1. The anterior of thorax and frontal apotome rugose. Anterior dorsocentral taeniate and longer than the remaining dorsocentrals (Ekrem & Stur 2009: Fig. 4A, B)........................................................ Z. casasi Ekrem &Stur

- The anterior of thorax and frontal apotome smooth. Anterior dorsocentral simple, shorter, or longer than the remaining dorsocentrals......................................................................................... 2

2. Frontal tubercle absent to weakly developed................................................................ 3

- Frontal tubercle well-developed.......................................................................... 4

3. The median patches of microspinules on tergites II–V well-extended, and those of II–IV not divided in the middle (Ekrem & Stur 2009: Fig. 9C). Anal lobe seta is simple......................................... Z. pentatoma Kieffer & Bause

- The median patches of microspinules on tergites II–V not well-extended, and those of II–IV appear divided in the middle with only a few micospinules (Fig. 5C). Anal lobe seta is prominent and taeniate................... Z. parapentatoma sp. nov.

4. Segment V of the abdomen with 4 taeniate lateral setae....................................................... 5

- Segment V of the abdomen with 3 taeniate lateral setae....................................................... 6

5. Tergites V–VI with large parallel rectangular patches of microspinules that could be connected anteriorly. Pleura II–III without shagreens (Ekrem & Stur 2009: Fig. 2C)................................................ Z. aristate Ekrem & Stur

- Tergites V–VI with continous patches of microspinules. Pleura II–III with shagreens (Zorina, 2008: Fig. 6)...................................................................................................... Z. elenae Zorina

6. Tubercle of prealar not developed..................................................... Z. hudsoni Ekrem & Stur

- Tubercle of prealar moderately to well-developed............................................................ 7

7. Segment III of the abdomen with semi-taeniate lateral setae. Thoracic horn <300 μm long (Ekrem & Stur 2009: Figs. 11B–C)................................................................................. Z. sinica Ekrem & Stur

- Segment III of the abdomen with simple lateral setae. Thoracic horn> 330 μm long (Zorina, 2008: Figs. 16, 18)......... Z. pseudopentatoma Zorina

Notes

Published as part of Namayandeh, Armin, Hudson, Patrick L., Ghaderi, Edris & Stott, Wendylee, 2023, Zavrelia parapentatoma (Chironomidae: Diptera), a curious new species from North America, revealed by molecular methods, pp. 111-124 in Zootaxa 5249 (1) on page 120, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5249.1.6, http://zenodo.org/record/7685359

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Kieffer & Bause
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Diptera
Family
Chironomidae
Genus
Zavrelia
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Zavrelia Kieffer, 1913 sec. Namayandeh, Hudson, Ghaderi & Stott, 2023

References

  • Ekrem, T. & Stur, E. (2009) A review of the genus Zavrelia (Diptera: Chironomidae). European Journal of Entomology, 106, 119. https: // doi. org / 10.14411 / eje. 2009.016
  • Zorina, O. V. (2008) Russian Zavrelia Kieffer (Diptera: Chironomidae), with the description of two new species. Zootaxa, 1845 (1), 60 - 68. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 1845.1.4