Neotropical allocladius kieffer, 1913 and pseudosmittia edwards, 1932 (Diptera: Chironomidae)

Abstract

The Neotropical species of the genera Pseudosmittia Edwards, 1932 and Allocladius Kieffer, 1913 are described or redescribed, short generic diagnoses are given, and keys to the males presented. The following new species are described and figured as male imagines: Allocladius globosus, A. quadrus, A. scrotus, Pseudosmittia adunca, P. amorimi, P. cambuciensis, P. carioca, P. catarinense, P. gibbistyla, P. invirgata, P. lamasi, P. lamellata, P. magdae, P. nana, P. palpina, P. paulista, P. pinhoi, P. roquei, P. tropis, P. umbonata, and P. uncata. Allocladius bilobulatus (Edwards) comb. n., A. fortispinatus (Edwards) comb. n., A. neobilobulatus (Paggi) comb. n., Pseudosmittia joaquimvenancioi (Messias et Oliveira), and P. windwardensis (Sæther) are redescribed as male imagines. Diagnoses of Pseudosmittia brachydicrana (Edwards), P. digitata Sæther, and P. forcipata (Goetghebuer) are given. The female of A. bilobulatus, the pupa of A. neobilobulatus, a pupa from Chile possibly belonging to A. bilobulatus, a pupa of the Pseudosmittia forcipata group from Brazil, and an unplaced larva from the Falkland Islands are also described. Copyright © 2010 Magnolia Press.