Stictochironomus Kieffer 1919
- Dataset
- A new member of the Stictochironomus caffrarius group from West Bengal, India with emendation of generic diagnosis (Diptera, Chironomidae)
- Rank
- GENUS
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Diptera
- family
- Chironomidae
- genus
- Stictochironomus
Stictochironomus Kieffer 1919
Key to the known male adults of Stictochironomus from the Oriental region
1. Wing without any marking............................................................................. 2
- Wing with markings................................................................................... 3
2. Superior volsella rod-like, nearly straight in dorsal view (Hazra et al. 2016b, figs. 1, 2)................... S. exterflexus
- Superior volsella curved inwardly in dorsal view (Chaudhuri et al. 1981, figs. 5c, e)....................... S. flagellatus
3. Wing largely dark brown with pale spots; superior volsella with 1 subapical seta (Yamamoto 2020, figs. 123B).................................................................................................. S. multannulatus
- Wing largely pale yellow with dark spots; superior volsella without apical or subapical setae......................... 4
4. Gonostylus at most twice as long as broad (Ali et al. 1987, figs. 3a, c, d)................................... S.affinis
- Gonostylus at least 2.5 times as long as broad............................................................... 5
5. Superior volsella much broad at base, gradually tapering toward apex (Blattacharyay et al. 1996, figs. 21, 23; Hazra et al. 2016b, figs. 4, 6, 7, as Polypedilum clavipennae)................................................... S. polystictus
- Superior volsella slender, nearly parallel-sided along entire length of projection.................................... 6
6. Anal tergite with median setae; anal point simple (Guha & Chaudhuri 1983, figs. 1, 2, as Polypedilum; Chaudhuri & Chattopadhyay 1990, figs. 41, 43)..................................................................... S. obscurus
- Anal tergite without median setae; anal point bifid apically.................................... S. bengalensis n. sp.