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038EF23FFFEBFFFEFF22F596FBE8F817.text	038EF23FFFEBFFFEFF22F596FBE8F817.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Beckidia Saether 1979	<div><p>Genus Beckidia Saether, 1979</p><p>Type species: Harnischia (Cladopelma) tethys Townes, 1945 by objective synonymy.</p><p>Diagnosis (As in Saether, 1977; Cranston et al., 1989; Zorina, 2006). Acrostichals present or absent; anal point arising from bluntly triangular projection of anal tergite; inferior volsella small, without setae, sometimes fully or partly fused with superior volsella; stout gonostylus widest distally in few species.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038EF23FFFEBFFFEFF22F596FBE8F817	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Mukherjee, Bindarika;Hazra, Niladri	Mukherjee, Bindarika, Hazra, Niladri (2023): Taxonomic studies on Harnischia complex from India (Diptera: Chironomidae). Zootaxa 5278 (2): 239-263, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5278.2.2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5278.2.2
038EF23FFFE8FFFDFF22F3E4FBADF86A.text	038EF23FFFE8FFFDFF22F3E4FBADF86A.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Beckidia inflata Mukherjee & Hazra 2023	<div><p>Beckidia inflata sp. n.</p><p>GenBank Accession No. OP683426</p><p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 4ED2CD46-2EAB-4F2E-9DF2-50F79AB607CC</p><p>Material examined. Holotype male, labelled ‘ Holotype Beckidia inflata sp. n., India, West Bengal, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=87.8496&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=23.2446" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 87.8496/lat 23.2446)">Purba Barddhaman</a> [23.2446° N, 87.8496° E], 31.iii.2022, Coll. B. Mukherjee’ . Paratype 1 male, labelled ‘ Paratype Beckidia inflata sp. n., India, West Bengal, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=87.8496&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=23.2446" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 87.8496/lat 23.2446)">Purba Barddhaman</a> [23.2446° N, 87.8496° E], 26.viii.2022, Coll. B. Mukherjee’ . Paratypes 2 males, labelled ‘ Paratype Beckidia inflata sp. n., India, west Bengal, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=87.8512&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=23.2393" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 87.8512/lat 23.2393)">Purba Barddhaman</a> [23.2393° N, 87.8512° E], 02.ix.2020, Coll. N. Hazra’ . Paratype 1 male, labelled ‘ Paratype Beckidia inflata sp. n., India, West Bengal, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=88.0302&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=23.184" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 88.0302/lat 23.184)">Purba Barddhaman</a> [23.1840° N, 88.0302° E], 20.ii.2023, Coll. Sk. Mohim Ali’ .</p><p>Diagnostic characters. The new species can be separated from other species of Beckidia by the following combination of characters: acrostichals absent, anal point slightly widened apically, apically broadened superior volsella having 13–16 apical setae and covered with microtrichia, and gonostylus apically widened.</p><p>Etymology. The name ‘ inflata ’, originated from a Latin word ‘ inflatus ’, refers to the apically expanded superior volsella.</p><p>Male (n=5). Total length 2.75–3.07, 2.9 mm. Wing length 1.53–1.55, 1.54 mm. Costal length 1.47–1.49, 1.48 mm. Antennal length 0.82–0.85, 0.835 mm.</p><p>Colouration. Thorax yellow with brown marking; leg and abdomen yellowish brown.</p><p>Head. Head width 375–470, 422.5 µm. Temporal setae 7–8 (IV 2, OV 3, Po 2–3). Clypeal setae 10–12. Frontal tubercles absent. Eyes bare with dorsomedial extension of 100–110, 105 µm. AR 1.58–1.63, 1.61; ultimate flagellomere 520–530, 525 µm long. Palpomere lengths (I–V) (µm): 34.5: 27.6–28, 28.8: 106–110; 108: 140–146, 143: 200. CA 0.46–0.55, 0.50.</p><p>Thorax. Scutal tubercle absent. Ac 0, Dc 5–6, Pa 2, Scts 4. Wing (Fig. 1A). VR 1.06–1.13, 1.095. R 1 and R 4+5 bare. Brachiolum with 2 setae. Squama with 4–6 fringed setae. FCu distinctly distal to RM. Anal lobe moderately developed. Legs. Fore tibia with 1 seta. Mid legs with 2 tibial spurs; 13.8 µm long with 27–28 lateral teeth. Hind leg with 2 tibial spurs; 16 µm and 18.5 µm long with 32 teeth. Lengths and proportions of leg segments shown in table I.</p><p>Hypopygium (Figs. 1B–D). Anal tergite band Y shaped. Anal point 42–46, 44 µm long, apically expanded. Laterosternite IX with 2 setae on each side of anal point. Longitudinal and transverse sternapodeme 57.5–61, 59.25 µm and 27.5–30, 28.75 µm long respectively. Superior volsella 53–57.5, 55.25 µm long and 28 µm wide apically, somewhat racquet like, microtrichiose with bearing 13–16 setae and fused with inferior volsella. Gonocoxite 105– 115, 110 µm long. Gonostylus 161–165, 163 µm long widest distally. HR 0.65–0.70, 0.675. HV 2.61–2.66, 2.63.</p><p>Distribution. India, West Bengal.</p><p>Remarks. Apically broadened superior volsella, distally thickened gonostylus and absence of acrostichals confirm the emplacing of the new species in the genus Beckidia Saether. The new species shows closeness with B. connexa Zorina, 2006 in having distally swollen gonostylus, nearly similar anal point and lacking of acrostichals. They differ in the shape of anal tergite band (H shaped tergite band in B. connexa while it is Y shaped in new one) and superior volsella (pad like in B. connexa while it is apically inflated in new species).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038EF23FFFE8FFFDFF22F3E4FBADF86A	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Mukherjee, Bindarika;Hazra, Niladri	Mukherjee, Bindarika, Hazra, Niladri (2023): Taxonomic studies on Harnischia complex from India (Diptera: Chironomidae). Zootaxa 5278 (2): 239-263, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5278.2.2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5278.2.2
038EF23FFFEEFFFBFF22F726FB74FAC7.text	038EF23FFFEEFFFBFF22F726FB74FAC7.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Kloosia Kruseman. Somewhat 1933	<div><p>Genus Kloosia Kruseman, 1933</p><p>Type species: Tipula pusilla Linnaeus, 1767 by original designation and monotypy.</p><p>Diagnosis (As in Reiss, 1988; Cranston et al., 1989; Kobayashi, 2007). The only genus in Harnischia complex having non-shortened inferior volsella covered with short setae only, lacking long apical seta.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038EF23FFFEEFFFBFF22F726FB74FAC7	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Mukherjee, Bindarika;Hazra, Niladri	Mukherjee, Bindarika, Hazra, Niladri (2023): Taxonomic studies on Harnischia complex from India (Diptera: Chironomidae). Zootaxa 5278 (2): 239-263, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5278.2.2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5278.2.2
038EF23FFFEEFFFBFF22F3ABFA46FBDB.text	038EF23FFFEEFFFBFF22F3ABFA46FBDB.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Paracladopelma nigrotibia (Bhattacharya, Dutta & Chaudhuri 1985) Mukherjee & Hazra 2023	<div><p>Paracladopelma nigrotibia (Bhattacharya, Dutta &amp; Chaudhuri, 1985) Comb.n.</p><p>Beckidia nigrotibia Bhattacharya, Dutta and Chaudhuri, 1985: 177; Hazra, Niitsuma and Chaudhuri, 2016: 62.</p><p>Remarks. Bhattacharya et al., 1985 described the species in the genus Beckidia . Based on the original description and illustrations (presence of 8–10 Acs in two rows, more or less cerciform superior volsella, anal point from the apical end of tergite IX, absence of distally widest gonostylus and blunt projection on tergite IX), we tentatively place it to the genus Paracladopelma . It is also affirmed that the superior volsella is not cerciform rather it is completely pediform, microtrichiose with several apical setae, and slender gonostylus is pointed apically.</p><p>Distribution. India, West Bengal.</p><p>A world key to the species of the genus Beckidia Saether (male)</p><p>1. Inferior volsella with two rounded medially fused lobes (Oriental China).............. B. binum (Yan, Jin &amp; Wang, 2008)</p><p>- Inferior volsella set off as a distinct single lobe.............................................................. 2</p><p>2. Superior volsella about 3 times as wide at apex as at base (Palaearctic).............. B. zabolotzskyi (Goetghebuer, 1938)</p><p>- Superior volsella less than twice as wide at apex as at base.................................................... 3</p><p>3(2). Middle and hind tibiae each with 1 spur (Holarctic)....................................... B. tethys (Townes, 1945)</p><p>- Middle and hind tibiae with 2 spurs...................................................................... 4</p><p>4(3). Gonostylus widest medially............................................................................. 5</p><p>- Gonostylus widest distally.............................................................................. 6</p><p>5(4). Superior volsella with 5 setae (Afrotropics).............................................. B. hirsti (Freeman, 1957)</p><p>- Superior volsella with 13 setae (Palaearctic)............................................. B. biraensis Zorina, 2006</p><p>6(4). Superior volsella pad like having 10–12 setae; anal tergite band H type (Palaearctic)............. B. connexa Zorina, 2006</p><p>- Superior volsella expanded apically having 13–16 setae; anal tergite band Y type (Orient)................ B. inflata sp. n.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038EF23FFFEEFFFBFF22F3ABFA46FBDB	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Mukherjee, Bindarika;Hazra, Niladri	Mukherjee, Bindarika, Hazra, Niladri (2023): Taxonomic studies on Harnischia complex from India (Diptera: Chironomidae). Zootaxa 5278 (2): 239-263, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5278.2.2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5278.2.2
038EF23FFFEEFFF9FF22F628FA46F8D3.text	038EF23FFFEEFFF9FF22F628FA46F8D3.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Kloosia incurva Mukherjee & Hazra 2023	<div><p>Kloosia incurva sp.n.</p><p>GenBank Accession No. OP683429</p><p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 0D8FAD19-2ADE-4456-963F-2E22C11D6057</p><p>Material examined. Holotype male, labelled ‘ Holotype Kloosia incurva sp. n., India, West Bengal, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=87.8512&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=23.2393" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 87.8512/lat 23.2393)">Purba Barddhaman</a> [23.2393° N, 87.8512° E], 22.ix.2021, Coll. N. Hazra’ . Paratypes 3 males, labelled ‘ Paratype Kloosia incurva sp. n., India, West Bengal, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=87.8496&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=23.2446" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 87.8496/lat 23.2446)">Purba Barddhaman</a> [23.2446° N, 87.8496° E], 30.iii.2022, Coll. B. Mukherjee’ .</p><p>Diagnostic characters. The adult male is distinguished by the following combination of characters: superior volsella with broad apex having 5–6 moderately long setae, elongated inferior volsella with short setae.</p><p>Etymology. The name ‘ incurva ’, originated from a Latin word ‘ incurvus ’, refers to the curved gonostylus at distal end.</p><p>Male (n=4). Total length 3–3.3, 3.165 mm. Wing length 1.55–1.7, 1.62 mm. Costal length 1.45–1.62, 1.53 mm. Antennal length 0.92–0.94, 0.93 mm.</p><p>Colouration. Thorax, leg and abdomen yellowish brown.</p><p>Head. Head width 440–500, 470 µm. Temporal setae 7–8 (IV 4, OV 3, Po 0–1). Clypeal setae 6. Frontal tubercles absent. Eyes bare with dorsomedial extension of 115–120, 117.5 µm. AR 1.4–1.5, 1.45; ultimate flagellomere 620– 630, 625 µm long. Palpomere lengths (I–V) (µm): 23: 25–27.5, 26.25: 66.5–70, 68.25: 94.5: 110.5–112, 111.25. CA 0.48–0.53, 0.505.</p><p>Thorax. Scutal tubercle absent. Ac 2, Dc 6, Pa 2, Scts 4, Su 1. Wing (Fig. 2A). VR 0.93–0.96, 0.945. R 1 without setae, R 4+5 with 3–4 setae. Brachiolum with 2 setae. Squama with 5 fringed setae. FCu distinctly distal to RM. Anal lobe moderately developed. Legs. Fore tibia with 2 setae. Mid legs with 2 tibial spurs; 16–18, 17 µm and 27.6 µm long with 16 lateral teeth. Hind leg with 2 tibial spurs; 18.4 µm and 23 µm long with 22 teeth. Lengths and proportions of leg segments shown in table II.</p><p>Hypopygium (Figs. 2B–E). Anal tergite band Y shaped. Anal point rounded apically, 57.5–60, 58.75 µm long and 11.5 µm wide at apex. Laterosternite IX with 2 setae on each side of anal point. Longitudinal and transverse sternapodeme 92–95, 93.5 µm and 27.5 µm long respectively. Superior volsella somewhat spatulate like at apex, 50–53, 52.5 µm long and 25.5µm wide at apex bearing 5–6 long setae. Elongated inferior volsella straight and distally widened bearing 5 small setae, 90–92 µm long and 30 µm wide at apex. Gonocoxite 132–138, 135 µm long. Gonostylus with partial cleft at apex, 149.5 –152, 150.75 µm long, fairly curved and swollen distally. HR 0.88–0.91, 0.895. HV 2.27–2.39, 2.33.</p><p>Distribution. India, West Bengal.</p><p>Remarks. Characters such as weakly appeared partial cleft on apex of gonostylus, non shortened inferior volsella with small setae and distally expanded superior volsella affirm positioning of the new species in the genus Kloosia Kruseman. Somewhat similar kind of superior volsella and anal point are present in both Kloosia dorsenna (Saether, 1983) and the new species, but they differ in variable number of setae on superior volsella (5–6 setae on superior volsella of new species while it is 3 in number in K. dorsenna), shape of gonostylus (roughly straight gonostylus present in K. dorsenna while distally curved in the new species.</p><p>A world key to the species of the genus Kloosia Kruseman (male)</p><p>1. Superior volsella not overreaching the anal point............................................................ 2</p><p>- Superior volsella overreaching the anal point............................................................... 4</p><p>2(1). Superior volsella with more than 2 setae; gonostylus distally thickened and strongly curved inwardly (Orient).................................................................................................... K. incurva sp. n.</p><p>- Superior volsella having 2 setae at apex; more or less straight gonostylus......................................... 3</p><p>3(2). Superior volsella somewhat rectangular shaped; inferior volsella longer than anal point (Holarctic)................................................................................................... K. dorsenna (Saether, 1983)</p><p>- Superior volsella strongly curved at apex; inferior volsella not longer than anal point, more or less equal in length (Afrotropics)...................................................................... K. africana Reiss, 1988</p><p>4(1). Superior volsella slightly S shaped (Palaearctic, Oriental China).............................. K. koreana Reiss, 1988</p><p>- Superior volsella racquet like apically (Palaearctic)........................................ K. pusilla (Linné, 1767)</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038EF23FFFEEFFF9FF22F628FA46F8D3	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Mukherjee, Bindarika;Hazra, Niladri	Mukherjee, Bindarika, Hazra, Niladri (2023): Taxonomic studies on Harnischia complex from India (Diptera: Chironomidae). Zootaxa 5278 (2): 239-263, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5278.2.2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5278.2.2
038EF23FFFECFFF8FF22F425FA85FEB5.text	038EF23FFFECFFF8FF22F425FA85FEB5.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Parachironomus Lenz. Upon 1921	<div><p>Genus Parachironomus Lenz, 1921</p><p>Type species: Chironomus cryptotomus Kieffer, 1915 by subsequent designation of Townes, 1945.</p><p>Diagnosis (As in Cranston et al., 1989; Spies et al., 1994). Anal tergite band weak V to Y-type, often separated medially, median longitudinal band long to absent; caudal region of anal tergite with or without projections; superior volsella in dorsal view generally rod-shaped, slender, straight to slightly sinuous, distal part often bending to dorsal, slightly to distinctly widened and sometime with median extension give pediform appearance, distal region have two setae arising from distinct, small and shallow, deep pits, usually one pit smaller and more median, subapical to slightly proximal position; pubescent inferior volsella without setae, rarely reaching beyond anal tergite with bluntly rounded to fairly acute median to caudal projection; gonostylus straight or curving medially and / or dorsally.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038EF23FFFECFFF8FF22F425FA85FEB5	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Mukherjee, Bindarika;Hazra, Niladri	Mukherjee, Bindarika, Hazra, Niladri (2023): Taxonomic studies on Harnischia complex from India (Diptera: Chironomidae). Zootaxa 5278 (2): 239-263, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5278.2.2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5278.2.2
038EF23FFFEDFFF6FF22F2DDFAB7FEB5.text	038EF23FFFEDFFF6FF22F2DDFAB7FEB5.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Parachironomus salsus Mukherjee & Hazra 2023	<div><p>Parachironomus salsus sp. n.</p><p>GenBank Accession No. OP683427</p><p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 5C145280-F27F-4916-8678-C55A2A150EC9</p><p>Material examined. Holotype male, labelled ‘ Holotype Parachironomus salsus sp. n., India, West Bengal, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=87.8512&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=23.2393" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 87.8512/lat 23.2393)">Purba Barddhaman</a> [23.2393° N, 87.8512° E], 16.viii.2021, Coll. N. Hazra’ . Paratype 1 male, same data as holotype, 07.iii.2022, Coll. N. Hazra. Paratype 1 male, labelled ‘ Paratype Parachironomus salsus sp. n., India, West Bengal, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=87.8368&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=23.2441" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 87.8368/lat 23.2441)">Purba Barddhaman</a> [23.2441° N, 87.8368° E], 30.iv.2022, Coll. B. Mukherjee’ .</p><p>Diagnostic characters. The adult male can be differentiated by the presence of nearly vase shaped anal point, sharply pointed beak like superior volsella and medially swollen gonostylus.</p><p>Etymology. The name ‘ salsus ’, a Latin word, refers to the sharp superior volsella.</p><p>Male (n=3). Total length 2.9–3.1, 3 mm. Wing length 1.52–1.55, 1.535 mm. Costal length 1.48–1.50, 1.49 mm. Antennal length 0.93–0.96, 0.945 mm.</p><p>Colouration. Yellowish thorax with dark brown marking; leg and abdomen yellowish brown. Head. Head width 520–530, 525. Temporal setae 8 (IV 2, OV 4, Po 2). Clypeal setae 15–16. Frontal tubercles absent. Eyes bare with dorsomedial extension of 108–112, 110 µm. AR 1.82–1.90, 1.86; ultimate flagellomere 610–620, 615 µm long. Palpomere lengths (I–V) (µm): 34.5: 27.5–30, 28.75: 85–86.5, 85.75: 120–124, 122: 177. CA 0.55–0.56, 0.555.</p><p>Thorax. Scutal tubercle absent. Ac 11, Dc 7, Pa 3, Scts 10, Su 1.</p><p>Wing (Fig. 3A). VR 1.12–1.14, 1.13. R 1 with 32–34 setae, R 4+5 with 15–18 setae. Brachiolum with 2 setae. Squama with 2 setae. FCu distinctly distal to RM. Anal lobe moderately developed.</p><p>Legs. Fore tibia with 2 setae. Mid legs with 2 tibial spurs; each 18.4 µm long with 21 lateral teeth. Hind leg with 2 tibial spurs; 16 µm and 11.5 µm long with 31 teeth. Lengths and proportions of leg segments shown in table III.</p><p>Hypopygium (Figs. 3B–D).Anal tergite band Y shaped.Anal point basally and apically constricted while slightly expanded medially, 65–69, 67 µm long and 16–20, 18 µm wide, with a median ridge like structure. Laterosternite IX with 3 setae on each side of anal point. Longitudinal and transverse sternapodeme 87.5–90, 88.75 µm and 40 µm long respectively. Superior volsella 53–57.5, 55.25 µm long and 28 µm wide, roughly straight with pointed beak like structure at apical end bearing 2 setae subapically, 1 of the setae (34.5 µm long) placed on a deep and wide pit and other one 16 µm long located on distinct shallow pit. Inferior volsella with a blunt projection covered with microtrichia. Gonocoxite 126.5–130, 128.25 µm long. Gonostylus 165.5 –170, 167.75 µm long, bluntly rounded at apex. HR 0.76–0.77, 0.765. HV 2.29– 2.38, 2.335.</p><p>Distribution. India, West Bengal.</p><p>Remarks. Presence of distolateral beak on superior volsella with 2 setae arise from distinct pits, long anal point and variable gonostylus assert the placement of the species in the genus Parachironomus Lenz. P. vitiosus Goetghebuer, 1921 is similar with the new species in having somewhat similar shaped superior volsella but differs in the shape of gonostylus and anal point. The new species and P. matapi Spies, Fittkau &amp; Reiss, 1994 have nearly similar shaped gonostylus but differs in the shape of superior volsella and anal point. The new species and P. elodeae (Townes, 1945) have similar type of superior volsella but they differ in the shape of gonostylus and anal point.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038EF23FFFEDFFF6FF22F2DDFAB7FEB5	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Mukherjee, Bindarika;Hazra, Niladri	Mukherjee, Bindarika, Hazra, Niladri (2023): Taxonomic studies on Harnischia complex from India (Diptera: Chironomidae). Zootaxa 5278 (2): 239-263, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5278.2.2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5278.2.2
038EF23FFFE3FFF3FF22F28DFA46FD0A.text	038EF23FFFE3FFF3FF22F28DFA46FD0A.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Cryptotendipes acutus (Goetghebuer 1936) Mukherjee & Hazra 2023	<div><p>Cryptotendipes acutus (Goetghebuer, 1936), Comb.n.</p><p>GenBank accession number. MW012424</p><p>Harnischia acuta (Goetghebuer, 1936): Sasa &amp; Hasegawa, 1983: 323; Hazra, Niitsuma &amp; Chaudhuri, 2016: 77 Parachironomus acutus (Goetghebuer, 1936): Yan et al., 2015: 34</p><p>Cryptotendipes disparilis Pal &amp; Hazra, 2018: 37; Mukherjee et al., 2020: 206, Syn. n.</p><p>Material examined. Holotype male labelled ‘ Holotype Cryptotendipes disparilis Pal &amp; Hazra, 2018, India, West Bengal, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=87.911&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=24.435" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 87.911/lat 24.435)">Malda</a> [24.90°N, 88.11°E], 06.ii.2013, Coll. G. Pal’. 2 males, India, West Bengal, Purba Barddhaman, Burdwan [23.22°N, 87.85°E], 23.xii.2019, Coll. N. Hazra; 2 males, India, West Bengal, Purba Barddhaman, Burd_ wan [23.22°N, 87.85°E], 15.i.2020, Coll. N. Hazra; 5 males, India, West Bengal, Purba Barddhaman, Burdwan [23.22°N, 87.85°E], 16.ii.2020, Coll. N. Hazra; 2 males, India, West Bengal, Birbhum [24.435°N, 87.911°E], 10.iv.2022, Coll. B. Mukherjee.</p><p>Diagnosis. The species have V shaped anal tergite band; superior volsella distally somewhat triangular in shape bearing two apical setae and gonostylus basally expanded, gradually tapered distally with a nipple-like apex bearing single seta.</p><p>Remarks. Sasa &amp; Hasegawa (1983) tentatively placed the species into the genus Harnischia, described by Goetghebuer, 1936 as Chironomus (Harnischia) acutus . Yan et al. (2015) tentatively transferred this species into Parachironomus . Pal and Hazra (2018) described Cryptotendipes disparilis from India. After an extensive study of specimens, we have been able to affirm its placement in the genus Cryptotendipes Beck &amp; Beck along with synonymisation of other known species with Cryptotendipes acutus . The combination of those characters in male imagines justifying the placement and synonymy includes gonostylus with strong basal expansion and superior volsella having two apical setae not arising from conspicuous pits. Other significant characters are: total length 2.98–3.27, 3.13 mm; eyes with dorsomedian parallel sided extension of 150–180, 165 µm; AR 1.9–2.07, 1.99; CA 0.61–0.66, 0.63; Ac 12–14, Dc 7–8, Pa 3–5, Scts 8–10; vein R with 42–46, R 1 30–32, R 4+5 12–14 setae; VR 1.26– 1.33, 1.3; T IX with 19–22, 20 median long setae; anal point 72.3–80, 75 µm long with 2–3 basolateral setae on each side; gonocoxite 165–172, 168 µm long; superior volsella 23–27.6, 25 µm long, 11.5–14, 12 µm wide; transverse sternapodeme 55–59, 57 µm long, lateral sternapodeme 128–134, 131 µm long; HR 1.2–1.27, 1.23.</p><p>Distribution. Egypt, Israel, Chad, Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Japan, India.</p><p>World Key to the species of the genus Parachironomus Lenz (male)</p><p>1. Gonostylus with strongly basal expansion (Nearctic)..................................... P. subletti (Beck, 1961)</p><p>- Gonostylus not with above combination................................................................. 2</p><p>2(1). Superior volsella short and thick........................................................................ 3</p><p>- Superior volsella slender.............................................................................. 4</p><p>3(2). Tibial spurs absent (Neotropics)...................................................... P. robustus Paggi, 1979</p><p>- Tibial spur present (Neotropics).......................................... P. mirim Spies, Fittkau &amp; Reiss, 1994</p><p>4(2). Superior volsella short................................................................................ 5</p><p>- Superior volsella elongated........................................................................... 10</p><p>5(4). Anal point with broad rounded apex (Afrotropics).............................. P. nigrofasciatus (Freeman, 1961b)</p><p>- Anal point slender................................................................................... 6</p><p>6(5). Anal point very long; gonostylus slightly swollen at basal area (Afrotropics)........ P. dewulfianus (Goetghebuer, 1934)</p><p>- Anal point variably developed; gonostylus parallel shaped or tapered.......................................... 7</p><p>7(6). Anal point short, curved ventrally (Nearctic)..................................... P. schneideri Beck &amp; Beck, 1969</p><p>- Anal point moderately long, variably developed........................................................... 8</p><p>8(7). Gonostylus medially constricted; superior volsella cylindrical with 2 setae located side by side (Orient, Palaearctic)................................................................................... P. gracilior (Kieffer, 1918a)</p><p>- Gonostylus evenly tapered; superior volsella finger-like with two setae located opposite to each other................ 9</p><p>9(8). Anal point with pointed apex; superior volsella nearly straight (Palaearctic)..................... P. kujini Shilova, 1969</p><p>- Anal point distally widened; superior volsella curved distally (Palaearctic)............... P. biannulatus (Staeger, 1839)</p><p>10(4). Superior volsella with apical or apico-lateral projections.................................................... 11</p><p>- Superior volsella without apico-lateral projection......................................................... 28</p><p>11(10). Superior volsella distally swollen with an inner apical lobe (Afrotropics, Palaearctic)....... P. aculeatus (Kieffer, 1921b)</p><p>- Superior volsella with rounded or cone-like projection at apical end.......................................... 12</p><p>12(11). Gonostylus straight or with little bent................................................................... 13</p><p>- Gonostylus strongly curved medially or distally........................................................... 17</p><p>13(12). Superior volsella with low projection arising from lateral rim of terminal setal pit (Nearctic).................................................................................................. P. hirtalatus Beck &amp; Beck, 1964</p><p>- Superior volsella with strong projection arising from several parts around the setal pit............................ 14</p><p>14(13). Anal tergite band separate............................................................................ 15</p><p>- Anal tergite band fused.............................................................................. 16</p><p>15(14). Laterosternite IX with 0–1 seta; bare part of anal point relatively short (Palaearctic)............. P. aequilonis Orel, 2017</p><p>- Laterosternite IX with 3–4 setae; bare part of anal point relatively long (Holarctic)............. P. hazelriggi Spies, 2000</p><p>16(14). Median longitudinal band absent; anal tergite with well-developed triangular ventrolateral shoulder on posterior margin (Holarctic).............................................................. P. subalpinus (Goetghebuer, 1931)</p><p>- Median longitudinal band present; ventrolateral shoulder on posterior margin of anal tergite weakly developed (Palaearctic)................................................................................. P. khatyrka Orel, 2017</p><p>17(12). Superior volsella with low rounded apical projection....................................................... 18</p><p>- Superior volsella with prominent variable-shaped apical projection........................................... 20</p><p>18(17). Superior volsella strongly sinuous at apex and median setal pit wide covering entire apical surface (Holarctic)........................................................................................ P. digitalis (Edwards, 1929)</p><p>- Superior volsella slightly wide at apex, both setal pits with same width........................................ 19</p><p>19(18). Superior volsella with small triangular cusp like projection subapically; anal point slender and tapered; gonostylus swollen medially (Nearctic).............................................................. P. forceps (Townes, 1945)</p><p>- Superior volsella with small beak-like projection apicol-leterally; anal point rounded at apex; gonostylus mostly swollen subapically (Nearctic)............................................................ P. potamogeti (Townes, 1945)</p><p>20(17). Anal point nearly widened at apex..................................................................... 21</p><p>- Anal point slender and tapered at apex.................................................................. 23</p><p>21(20). Anal tergite band fused and Y type; apical projection of superior volsella serrated (Neotropics)............................................................................................. P. tirio Spies, Fittkau &amp; Reiss, 1994</p><p>- Anal tergite band separated; apical projection of superior volsella smooth...................................... 22</p><p>22(21). Gonostylus basally swollen; base of anal tergite with 14–16 setae (Palaearctic)............. P. pseudovarus Zorina, 2003</p><p>- Gonostylus medially swollen; base of anal point without setae (Nearctic).................. P. gillespiaeae Spies, 2000</p><p>23(20). Superior volsella reaching midth of gonostylus (Holarctic)......................... P. tenuicaudatus (Malloch, 1915)</p><p>- Superior volsella extend beyond base of gonostylus........................................................ 24</p><p>24(23). Gonostylus with narrow base and inner margin distinctly curved............................................. 25</p><p>- Gonostylus without narrow base and inner margin straight.................................................. 27</p><p>25(24). In distal half, outer margins of gonostylus swell notably (Holarctic)...................... P. varus (Goetghebuer, 1921)</p><p>- In distal half, outer margin of gonostylus swell very little.................................................. 26</p><p>26(25). Median anal tergite setae above base of anal point slender and few in number; on distal part of gonostylus microtrichia absent (Palaearctic)........................................................... P. swammerdami (Kruseman, 1933)</p><p>- Median anal tergite setae above base of anal point stronger and numerous; on distal part of gonostylus microtrichia present (Palaearctic)................................................................ P. mauricii (Kruseman, 1933)</p><p>27(24). Thorax with mesonotal stripes; gonostylus equally broad at its basal and distal end (Palaearctic)............................................................................................... P. paradigitalis (Brundin, 1949)</p><p>- Thorax without mesonotal stripes; gonostylus swollen at base than distal part (Holarctic)........ P. parilis (Walker, 1856)</p><p>28(10). Superior volsella with 3 setae (Palaearctic)......................................... P. siljaensis (Brundin, 1949)</p><p>- Superior volsella with 2 setae......................................................................... 29</p><p>29(28). Gonostylus sharply pointed at apex..................................................................... 30</p><p>- Gonostylus bluntly pointed at apex..................................................................... 51</p><p>30(29). Anal point stout throughout; superior volsella curving outwardly (Nearctic).................... P. alatus (Beck, 1962)</p><p>- Anal point and superior volsella not with above combination................................................ 31</p><p>31(30). Setal bases of two setae of superior volsella not prominent (Palaearctic).............. P. cinctellus (Goetghebuer, 1921)</p><p>- Setal bases prominent............................................................................... 32</p><p>32(31). Gonostylus swollen medially at inner side and then tapered.................................................. 33</p><p>- Gonostylus variable shaped........................................................................... 34</p><p>33(32). Superior volsella shorter than anal point; gonostylus parallel-sided (Afrotropics)............. P. coronatus (Kieffer, 1922)</p><p>- Superior volsella and anal point nearly equal in length; gonostylus strongly recurved apically (Nearctic)................................................................................. P. pectinatellae (Dendy &amp; Sublette, 1959)</p><p>34(32). Gonostylus spatulated or almost straight................................................................. 35</p><p>- Gonostylus basally or pre-apically widened.............................................................. 47</p><p>35(34). Superior volsella with a beak-like projection at apex bearing two setae originating from two distinct bases of same width (Holarctic)................................................................ P. vitiosus (Goetghebuer, 1921)</p><p>- Superior volsella variable shaped, two setal bases have either similar width or not................................ 36</p><p>36(35). Superior volsella rod-like, widest apically............................................................... 37</p><p>- Superior volsella variable shaped...................................................................... 46</p><p>37(36). Superior volsella cylindrical entirely.................................................................... 38</p><p>- Superior volsella apically or preapically sinuated......................................................... 39</p><p>38(37). Anal point slender, have rounded apex; anal tergite band fused medially (Nearctic).......... P. carinatus (Townes, 1945)</p><p>- Anal point very broad; anal tergite band fused inside base of anal point (Neotropics).................................................................................................... P. apalai Spies, Fittkau &amp; Reiss, 1994</p><p>39(37). Superior volsella with a keel-like structure at sub-apical end (Nearctic)............. P. directus (Dendy &amp; Sublette, 1959)</p><p>- Superior volsella without keel-like structure.............................................................. 40</p><p>40(39). Anal tergite band fused.............................................................................. 41</p><p>- Anal tergite band separated........................................................................... 44</p><p>41(40). Anal tergite with lateral projection..................................................................... 42</p><p>- Anal tergite without lateral projection................................................................... 43</p><p>42(41). Each lateral projection bearing low dorsal sub-lobe; tergite IX with 1 medio-dorsal seta (Neotropics).................................................................................... P. camajura Spies, Fittkau &amp; Reiss, 1994</p><p>- Low lateral projection without dorsal sub-lobe; tergite IX with 15 setae (Neotropics).................................................................................................... P. waika Spies, Fittkau &amp; Reiss, 1994</p><p>43(41). Longitudinal band forming a mesh around base of anal tergite; median connection of Y shaped anal tergite band weak (Nearctic, Neotropics)................................................. P. guarani Spies, Fittkau &amp; Reiss, 1994</p><p>- Longitudinal band thin and straight; median connection of tergite band strong (Neotropics)............................................................................................. P. aberrans Spies, Fittkau &amp; Reiss, 1994</p><p>44(40). Anal tergite with lateral projections; tergite IX with 6–9 setae (Neotropics)...... P. yanomani Spies, Fittkau &amp; Reiss, 1994</p><p>- Anal tergite without lateral projections; tergite IX with more than 10 setae...................................... 45</p><p>45(44). Longitudinal band weakly present; anal tergite with 11 setae (Neotropics)......... P. manaos Spies, Fittkau &amp; Reiss, 1994</p><p>- Longitudinal band absent; anal tegite with 15–25 setae (Neotropics)............... P. osa Spies, Fittkau &amp; Reiss, 1994</p><p>46(36). Anal tergite V or Y type; superior volsella stout, with consecutive folds apically (Neotropics)............................................................................................ P. atroari Spies, Fittkau &amp; Reiss, 1994</p><p>- Anal tergite band separated; superior vosella stout distally with pubescent expansion (Neotropics)................................................................................. P. lupus Trivinho-strixino, Silva &amp; Roque, 2010</p><p>47(34). Gonostylus basally wide; superior volsella clubbed and curved outward (Australasia)...... P. delinificus (Freeman, 1961a)</p><p>- Gonostylus pre-apically wide; superior volsella nearly straight with little wide apex.............................. 48</p><p>48(47). Anal point broad with rounded apex; superior volsella more or less spoon shaped (Neotropics)........................................................................................... P. matapi Spies, Fittkau &amp; Reiss, 1994</p><p>- Anal point slender with apically widened apex; superior volsella variably developed.............................. 49</p><p>49(48). Superior volsella pediform distally; caudal region with lateral protrusion (Neotropics)............ P. vistosus Paggi, 1979</p><p>- Superior volsella apically sinuate; caudal region without lateral protrusion...................................... 50</p><p>50(49). Anal tergite band Y type; longitudinal band present; anal tergite with circular cushion like structure covered with microtrichia at ventral (Neotropics)........................................................ P. puberulus (Edwards, 1931)</p><p>- Anal tergite band separated; longitudinal band absent; with a low basal lobe present at about midpoint of stem of anal point (Neotropics)......................................................... P. ticuna Spies, Fittkau &amp; Reiss, 1994</p><p>51(29). Gonostylus medially and sub-apically little constricted (Nearctic)....................... P. abortivus (Malloch, 1915)</p><p>- Gonostylus not with above combination................................................................ 52</p><p>52(51). Gonostylus widened apically or sub-apically............................................................. 53</p><p>- Gonostylus nearly tapered or parallel shaped............................................................. 55</p><p>53(52). Superior volsella apically little sinuate; anal point with a conical tip of anal tergite at its base (Holarctic)................................................................................... P. monochromus (van der Wulp, 1874)</p><p>- Superior volsella digitiform; anal point without conical tip.................................................. 54</p><p>54(53). Gonostylus with disto-dorsal hump; anal point straight, originated from caudal margin of anal tergite (Neotropics)........................................................................... P. cayapo Spies, Fittkau &amp; Reiss, 1994</p><p>- Gonostylus strongly clubbed distally; anal point curved downwardly, originated from cone shaped projection of tergite IX (Afrotropics).................................................................... P. lewisi (Freeman, 1957)</p><p>55(52). Superior volsella straight............................................................................. 56</p><p>- Superior volsella curved............................................................................. 61</p><p>56(52). Superior volsella with a small beak-like projection at apex; anal point basally and apically constricted (Orient)................................................................................................. P. salsus sp. n.</p><p>- Superior volsella variably developed; anal point slender or tapered........................................... 57</p><p>57(56). Distal setal pit of superior volsella covering entire surface; setal pits different in size (Nearctic)................................................................................................. P. chaetaolus (Sublette, 1960)</p><p>- Setal pits on superior volsella nearly equal in size......................................................... 58</p><p>58(57). Anal tergite band not meet medially; anal point slender (Nearctic)......................... P. elodeae (Townes, 1945)</p><p>- Anal tergite band either V or Y type; anal point tapered or slightly widened apically.............................. 59</p><p>59(58). Anal tergite band V type; longitudinal band absent (Oriental China)........................................................................................... P. poyanjensis Yan, Yan, Jiang, Guo, Liu, Ge, Wang &amp; Pan, 2015</p><p>- Anal tergite band Y type; longitudinal band present....................................................... 60</p><p>60(59). Anal point widened distally; gonostylus with basal constriction (Nearctic, Neotropics)...... P. supparilis (Edwards, 1931)</p><p>- Anal point tapered distally; gonostylus without basal constriction; superior volsella with extensive median lining of microtrichia (Nearctic)........................................................... P. danicus Lehmann, 1970</p><p>61(55). Superior volsella curved outwardly (Afrotropics)..................................... P. sinuatus (Freeman, 1957)</p><p>- Superior volsella curved inwardly...................................................................... 62</p><p>62(61). Tergite band not connected medially................................................................... 63</p><p>- Tergite band connected medially....................................................................... 64</p><p>63(62). Anal point rounded apically; anal tergite band Y type (Holarctic)....................... P. frequens (Johannsen, 1905)</p><p>- Anal point somewhat spatulated; anal tergite band V type (Palaearctic)...... P. intermedius Zorina &amp; Makarchenko, 2000</p><p>64(62). Gonostylus with distal shallow bending towards median part, its corner or angle situated beyond mid-gonostylus (Neotropics).................................................................... P. longistilus Paggi, 1977</p><p>- Gonostylus distinctly narrowing distally, its corner or angle of curving at about mid-gonostylus (Neotropics).......................................................................................... P. valdiviensis Spies, 2008</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038EF23FFFE3FFF3FF22F28DFA46FD0A	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Mukherjee, Bindarika;Hazra, Niladri	Mukherjee, Bindarika, Hazra, Niladri (2023): Taxonomic studies on Harnischia complex from India (Diptera: Chironomidae). Zootaxa 5278 (2): 239-263, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5278.2.2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5278.2.2
038EF23FFFE6FFF3FF22F051FEEBFBD5.text	038EF23FFFE6FFF3FF22F051FEEBFBD5.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Saetheria Jackson 1977	<div><p>Genus Saetheria Jackson, 1977</p><p>Type species: Harnischia (Cladopelma) tylus Townes, 1945 by original designation.</p><p>Emended diagnosis: Hypopygium: Superior volsella consists of bare dorsal lobe with or without digitiform projection and ventral lobe covered with microtrichia, bearing 1–2 setae; squama of wing with reduced fringe of about 7 setae.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038EF23FFFE6FFF3FF22F051FEEBFBD5	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Mukherjee, Bindarika;Hazra, Niladri	Mukherjee, Bindarika, Hazra, Niladri (2023): Taxonomic studies on Harnischia complex from India (Diptera: Chironomidae). Zootaxa 5278 (2): 239-263, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5278.2.2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5278.2.2
038EF23FFFE6FFF1FF22F738FBB1FB88.text	038EF23FFFE6FFF1FF22F738FBB1FB88.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Saetheria circinata Mukherjee & Hazra 2023	<div><p>Saetheria circinata sp. n.</p><p>GenBank Accession No. OP683428</p><p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 60F40CC2-CCA8-44E2-B256-7CB9E40BC76F</p><p>Material examined. Holotype male, labelled ‘ Holotype Saetheria circinata sp. n., India, West Bengal, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=87.8512&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=23.2393" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 87.8512/lat 23.2393)">Purba Barddhaman</a> [23.2393° N, 87.8512° E], 04.ii.2020, Coll. N. Hazra’ . Paratype 1 male, same data as holotype, 25.vi.2020, Coll. N. Hazra. Paratypes 2 males, same data as holotype, 15.ii.2021, Coll. N. Hazra. Paratype 1 male, same data as holotype, 14.vi.2021, Coll N. Hazra . Paratype 1 male, same data as holotype, 19.xi.2021, Coll. N. Hazra.</p><p>Diagnostic characters. The distinguished features of new species are as follows: apically slightly broadened anal point with a median ridge, Y shaped anal tergite band, anal tergite band and nearly triangular shaped ventral lobe of superior volsella.</p><p>Etymology. The name ‘ circinata ’, originated from a Latin word ‘ circinatus ’, refers to circular dorsal lobe of superior volsella.</p><p>Male (n=6)</p><p>Total length 2.75–2.8, 2.775 mm. Wing length 1.7–1.85, 1.77 mm. Costal length 1.65–1.7, 1.67 mm. Antennal length 0.82–0.85, 0.835 mm. Colouration. Thorax with dark brown marking; leg and abdomen yellowish brown.</p><p>Head. Head width 450–460, 455 µm. Temporal setae 8–9 (IV 4–5, OV 3–4, Po 0–1). Clypeal setae 12. Frontal tubercles present. Eyes bare with dorsomedial extension of 130–140, 135 µm. AR 1.2–1.41, 1.30; ultimate flagellomere 460–480, 470 µm long. Palpomere lengths (I–V) (µm): 23–25, 24: 30: 80.5–82, 81.25: 103.5: 149.5– 152, 150. CA 0.54–0.55, 0.545.</p><p>Thorax. Scutal tubercle absent. Ac 8, Dc 7, Pa 3, Scts 2–3.</p><p>Wing (Fig. 4A). VR 1.14–1.16, 1.15. R 1 and R 4+5 bare. Brachiolum with 1 seta. Squama with 7 fringed setae. FCu distinctly distal to RM. Anal lobe moderately developed.</p><p>Legs. Fore tibia with 2 setae. Mid legs with 2 tibial spurs; 16 µm and 18.4 µm long with 22–26 lateral teeth. Hind leg with 2 tibial spurs; 18.4 µm and 20.7 µm long with 29–32 teeth. Lengths and proportions of leg segments shown in table IV.</p><p>Hypopygium (Figs. 4B–D). Anal tergite band Y shaped. Anal point slightly expanded apically, 37–40, 38.5 µm long with a median ridge like appearance. Laterosternite IX with 3 setae on each side of anal point. Longitudinal and transverse sternapodeme 75–78, 76.5 µm and 73.5 µm long respectively. Superior volsella 55–58, 56.5 µm long and 25.3 µm wide, nearly triangular in shape, consisting of dorsal and ventral lobe, dorsal lobe having roughly circular base (23 µm long) with digitiform projection (27–28 µm long) while ventral lobe nearly triangular shaped bearing 2 setae (1 seta on heel and another one placed subapically). Inferior volsella with a rounded apical part covered with microtrichia. Gonocoxite 122–126, 124 µm long. Gonostylus 126.5–131, 128.75 µm long. HR 0.96–0.97, 0.965. HV 2.18– 2.29, 2.235.</p><p>Distribution. India, West Bengal.</p><p>Remarks. Presence of roughly bilobed superior volsella having digitiform projection on dorsal lobe, Y shaped anal tergite band and spatulated anal point confirm the positioning of new species into genus Saetheria Jackson. The new species closely related with S. digitata Yan et al., 2011 in having more or less similar gonostylus and dorsal lobe of superior volsella but presence of triangular like ventral lobe of superior volsella with 1 seta at apical end and somewhat apically spatulated anal point can segregate the new species from S. digitata .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038EF23FFFE6FFF1FF22F738FBB1FB88	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Mukherjee, Bindarika;Hazra, Niladri	Mukherjee, Bindarika, Hazra, Niladri (2023): Taxonomic studies on Harnischia complex from India (Diptera: Chironomidae). Zootaxa 5278 (2): 239-263, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5278.2.2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5278.2.2
038EF23FFFE4FFF0FF22F7DAFA47FDDD.text	038EF23FFFE4FFF0FF22F7DAFA47FDDD.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Saetheria sacculifera (Chaudhuri & Chattopadhyay 1990) Mukherjee & Hazra 2023	<div><p>Saetheria sacculifera (Chaudhuri &amp; Chattopadhyay, 1990) Comb. n.</p><p>Paracladopelma sacculifera Chaudhuri &amp; Chattopadhyay, 1990: 161; Hazra, Niitsuma and Chaudhuri, 2016: 85.</p><p>Diagnostic characters. Anal point spoon-like at apex; superior volsella is somewhat flattened pad-like, composed of dorsal and ventral lobes and each lobe bearing one seta.</p><p>Remarks. Based on the original description and illustration, following corrections have been made: anal point spoon-like at apex; superior volsella somewhat flattened pad-like, divided into dorsal and ventral lobes and each lobe bearing one seta.</p><p>Distribution. India, West Bengal (present record).</p><p>A world key to the species of the genus Saetheria Jackson (male)</p><p>1. Superior volsella without a digitiform projection............................................................ 2</p><p>- Superior volsella with a digitiform projection............................................................... 6</p><p>2(1). Superior volsella irregularly broadened apically; anal point with a cone-like process at base (Australasia)............................................................................................. S. angusta (Freeman, 1961)</p><p>- Superior volsella variable shaped; anal point without cone like structure.......................................... 3</p><p>3(2). Anal tergite band separated medially (Oriental China).......................... S. separata Yan, Saether &amp; Wang, 2011</p><p>- Anal tergite band medially fused......................................................................... 4</p><p>4(3). Dorsal lobe of superior volsella bare (Palaearctic)............................... S. glabra Yan, Saether &amp; Wang, 2011</p><p>- Dorsal lobe of superior volsella setose..................................................................... 5</p><p>5(4). Superior volsella pad-like to pediform; gonostylus with digitiform projection at apex (Oriental China)........................................................................................... S. digita (Yan, Jin &amp; wang, 2008)</p><p>- Superior volsella short, broad and pubescent bearing 1 seta; gonostylus long and little incurved (Orient: India)....................................................................... S. sacculifera (Chaudhuri &amp; Chattopadhyay, 1990)</p><p>6(1). Anal point drop shaped (Palaearctic)............................................... S. tamanipparai (Sasa, 1983)</p><p>- Anal point variable shaped.............................................................................. 7</p><p>8(7). Digitiform projection of superior volsella small, 14–20 µm in length............................................ 9</p><p>- Digitiform projection more or less elongated............................................................... 10</p><p>9(8). Superior volsella roughly triangular in form, ventral seta arranged in middle; gonostylus narrowed in middle (Palaearctic).................................................................................... S. reissi Jackson, 1977</p><p>- Superior volsella elongated foot-shaped, ventral setae arranged in apical third; gonostylus narrowed in proximal third (Holarctic)........................................................................ S. tylus (Townes, 1945)</p><p>10(8). Ventral lobe of superior volsella foot shaped; 1 seta on superior volsella placed apically (Oriental China)...................................................................................... S. digitata Yan, Saether &amp; Wang, 2011</p><p>- Ventral lobe of superior volsella triangular like; 1 seta on superior volsella placed subapically (Orient)........................................................................................................ S. circinata sp.n.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038EF23FFFE4FFF0FF22F7DAFA47FDDD	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Mukherjee, Bindarika;Hazra, Niladri	Mukherjee, Bindarika, Hazra, Niladri (2023): Taxonomic studies on Harnischia complex from India (Diptera: Chironomidae). Zootaxa 5278 (2): 239-263, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5278.2.2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5278.2.2
038EF23FFFE5FFF0FF22F113FBCEFCF8.text	038EF23FFFE5FFF0FF22F113FBCEFCF8.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Harnischia Kieffer 1921	<div><p>Genus Harnischia Kieffer, 1921</p><p>Type species. Harnischia fuscimana, Kieffer, 1921, by subsequent designation and monotypy.</p><p>Emended diagnosis. Frontal tubercle present or absent. Gonostylus variable shaped (short and broad or long and narrow), anal point broad to narrow and parallel shaped to variously developed.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038EF23FFFE5FFF0FF22F113FBCEFCF8	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Mukherjee, Bindarika;Hazra, Niladri	Mukherjee, Bindarika, Hazra, Niladri (2023): Taxonomic studies on Harnischia complex from India (Diptera: Chironomidae). Zootaxa 5278 (2): 239-263, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5278.2.2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5278.2.2
038EF23FFFE5FFEEFF22F009FE2DFCC4.text	038EF23FFFE5FFEEFF22F009FE2DFCC4.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Harnischia bulbosa Mukherjee & Hazra 2023	<div><p>Harnischia bulbosa sp.n.</p><p>GenBank accession number. OQ400990</p><p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 2E308C20-6D6E-4FB2-B3D5-323DD48FD0F0</p><p>Material examined. Holotype male, labelled ‘ Holotype Harnischia bulbosa sp. n., India, West Bengal, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=87.8512&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=23.2393" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 87.8512/lat 23.2393)">Purba Barddhaman</a> [23.2393° N, 87.8512° E], 04.ii.2020, Coll. N. Hazra’ . Paratype 1 male, labelled ‘ Paratype Harnischia bulbosa sp.n., India, West Bengal, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=88.0302&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=23.184" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 88.0302/lat 23.184)">Purba Barddhaman</a> [23.1840° N, 88.0302° E], 14.xi.2022, Coll. Sk. Mohim Ali’ .</p><p>Diagnosis. Presence of spoon shaped anal point and long gonostylus are the segregating characters of this new species.</p><p>Etymology. The name ‘ bulbosa ’, a Latin word, refers to bulbous apex of the anal point.</p><p>Male (n=3). Total length 2.7–2.85, 2.775 mm. Wing length 1.4–1.43, 1.415 mm. Costal length 1.30–1.35, 1.325 mm. Antennal length 0.70–0.75, 0.725 mm.</p><p>Colouration. Thorax, leg and abdomen yellowish brown.</p><p>Head. Head width 400–410, 405 µm. Temporal setae 5–7 (IV 0, OV 2, Po 3–5). Clypeal setae 12–14. Frontal tubercles absent. Eyes bare with dorsomedial extension of 138–150, 144 µm. AR 1.65–1.68, 1.66; ultimate flagellomere 470–480, 475 µm long. Palpomere lengths (I–V) (µm): 34.5: 25–30, 27.5: 62: 87.5: 131. CA 0.53– 0.54, 0.535.</p><p>Thorax. Scutal tubercle absent. Ac 11, Dc 7, Pa 3, Scts 2. Wing (Fig. 5A). VR 1.12–1.14, 1.13. R 1 with 10 setae, R 4+5 bare. Brachiolum with 1 seta. Squama with 3–4 fringed setae. FCu distal to RM. Anal lobe moderately developed. Legs. Fore tibia with 2 setae. Mid legs with 2 tibial spurs; 13.5 µm and 16 µm long with 24–26 lateral teeth. Hind leg with 2 tibial spurs; 11.5 µm and 23 µm long with 36–40 teeth. Lengths and proportions of leg segments shown in table V.</p><p>Hypopygium (Figs. 5B–C). Anal tergite band V shaped. Anal point more or less spoon-shaped, slightly expanded sub-apically with blunt apex, 32–39, 35.5 µm long with a median ridge like structure and small lobe-like appearance on each side of the anal point. Anal point with 2 lateral setae on each side. Apical anal tergite with 5 setae. Laterosternite IX with 4 setae. Longitudinal and transverse sternapodeme 65–69, 67 µm and 22–25, 23.5 µm long respectively. Superior and inferior volsellae greatly reduced. Gonocoxite 92–96.5, 94.25 µm long. Gonostylus 131 µm long. HR 0.70–0.74. HV 2.96–3.09.</p><p>Distribution. India, West Bengal.</p><p>Remarks. Absence of frontal tubercles and attenuated gonostylus from the junction with gonocoxite and presence of vestigial superior and inferior volsellae specify the positioning of new species into the genus Harnischia Kieffer. The new species is closely related to H. incidata (Townes, 1945) in having more or less long gonostylus. However, the presence of spoon-shaped anal point in the new species while apically pointed anal point of H. incidata can differentiate them.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038EF23FFFE5FFEEFF22F009FE2DFCC4	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Mukherjee, Bindarika;Hazra, Niladri	Mukherjee, Bindarika, Hazra, Niladri (2023): Taxonomic studies on Harnischia complex from India (Diptera: Chironomidae). Zootaxa 5278 (2): 239-263, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5278.2.2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5278.2.2
038EF23FFFFBFFEDFF22F0DEFA46FBEB.text	038EF23FFFFBFFEDFF22F0DEFA46FBEB.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Harnischia tenuitubercula , Chaudhuri & Chattopadhyay 1990	<div><p>Harnischia tenuitubercula Chaudhuri &amp; Chattopadhyay, 1990</p><p>Harnischia tenuitubercula Chaudhuri &amp; Chattopadhyay, 1990: 158</p><p>Harnischia minuta Dutta &amp; Chaudhuri, 1996: 272, Syn. n.</p><p>Harnischia ohmuraensis Kobayashi &amp; Suzuki, 1999: 80, Syn. n.</p><p>Harnischia sibabecea Sasa, Sumita &amp; Suzuki, 1999: 185, Syn. n.</p><p>Material examined. Holotype male labelled ‘ H. sibabecea Sasa, Sumita &amp; Suzuki, 1999 (http://www.type.kahaku. go.jp/TypeDB/diptera/973)’; Holotype male labelled ‘ H. minuta Dutta &amp; Chaudhuri, 1996 (Type no. B. U. Ent. 210)’; 2 males, India, West Bengal, Purba Barddhaman, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=88.76&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=26.71" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 88.76/lat 26.71)">Burdwan</a> [23.22°N, 87.85°E], 16.ii.2022, Coll. N. Hazra; 2 males, India, West Bengal, Purba Barddhaman, Burdwan [23.2446° N, 87.8496° E], 18.iv.2022, Coll. B. Mukherjee; 3 males, India, West Bengal, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=88.76&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=26.71" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 88.76/lat 26.71)">Jalpaiguri</a> [26.71°N, 88.76 °E], 07.iv.2022, Coll. P. Hui’ .</p><p>Remarks. Harnischia ohmuraensis Kobayashi &amp; Suzuki, 1999, H. sibabecea Sasa, Sumita &amp; Suzuki, 1999, H. minuta Dutta &amp; Chaudhuri, 1996 and H. tenuitubercula Chaudhuri &amp; Chattopadhyay, 1990 have medially setose anal tergite, long gonostylus, broad anal point, and very small superior volsella. Kobayashi &amp; Endo (2008) have synonymised H. sibabecea Sasa, Sumita &amp; Suzuki, 1999 with H. ohmuraensis Kobayashi &amp; Suzuki, 1999 . Besides that, Chen et al. (2017) mentioned that H. tenuitubercula Chaudhuri &amp; Chattopadhyay, 1990 and H. ohmuraensis Kobayashi &amp; Suzuki, 1999 may be conspecific. After a considerate study of types, we come to conclusion that H. minuta Dutta &amp; Chaudhuri, 1996 is also conspecific with H. sibabecea Sasa, Sumita &amp; Suzuki, 1999 . The original description of H. tenuitubercula was published in 1990 while descriptions of other species were made on 1996 and 1999 respectively. Therefore, the species H. minuta, H. ohmuraensis and H. sibabecea are junior synonyms of H. tenuitubercula .</p><p>A world key to the species of the genus Harnischia Kieffer (male)</p><p>(Modified after Chen et al., 2017)</p><p>1. Posterior margin of tergite IX concave at basal part of anal point (Palaearctic)...... H. quadricincta (Goetghebuer, 1934b)</p><p>- Posterior margin of tergite IX not concave at basal region of anal point......................................... 2</p><p>2(1). Gonostylus short and broad............................................................................ 3</p><p>- Gonostylus long and roughly narrow................................................................... 14</p><p>3(2). Gonostylus with tooth-like or sharp projection at apex....................................................... 4</p><p>- Gonostylus without sharp projection..................................................................... 5</p><p>4(3). Gonocoxite with well-developed protuberance on distal inner margin; gonostylus with two bayonet-shaped projections (Palaearctic)..................................................................... H. cultriata Wang, 1999</p><p>- Gonocoxite without protuberance on inner margin; gonostylus with an inner apical tooth (Palaearctic and Orient)............................................................................. H. angularis Albu &amp; Botnariuc, 1966</p><p>5(3). Gonostylus with inner basal expansion................................................................... 6</p><p>- Gonostylus without inner basal expansion................................................................ 8</p><p>6(5). Gonostylus with a strong bulbous-like inner expansion (Orient)..................... H. turgidula Wang &amp; Jheng, 1993</p><p>- Gonostylus with weak inner expansion................................................................... 7</p><p>7(6). Anal point tapering, apex sharp (Orient, Palaearctic).................................. H. fuscimana Kieffer, 1921c</p><p>- Anal point parallel-sided, blunt and rounded apex (Palaearctic)....................... H. parallela Yan &amp; Wang, 2016</p><p>8(5). Gonostylus expanded apically......................................................................... 9</p><p>- Gonostylus parallel-sided........................................................................... 10</p><p>9(8). Anal point tapered from base to apex; gonostylus with a little distal expansion (Palaearctic).................................................................................. H. biwacurtus Kawai, Okamoto &amp; Imabayashi, 2002</p><p>- Anal point expanded in distal 1/3; gonostylus without a projection on distal part (Palaerctic).................................................................................................... H. japonica Hashimoto, 1984</p><p>10(8). Anal tergite band V shaped........................................................................... 11</p><p>- Anal tergite band Y shaped........................................................................... 12</p><p>11(10). Gonostylus highly curved in middle; anal point moderately long and broad (Orient, Holarctic, Australasia, Afrotropics)............................................................................ H. curtilamellata (Malloch, 1915)</p><p>- Gonostylus straight; anal point nearly short (Oriental China).................. H. longispuria Wang, Ji &amp; Zheng, 1993</p><p>12(10). Anal point with pointed apex (Palaearctic)........................................... H. hachijoprima Sasa, 1994</p><p>- Anal point with blunt apex........................................................................... 13</p><p>13(12). Anal point tapered from base to apex (Palaearctic)........................... H. dissecta Zhang &amp; Ferrington, 2017</p><p>- Anal point slender at base and wide in middle (Palaeartic)................... H. inaefeus Sasa, Kitami &amp; Suzuki, 2001</p><p>14(2). Anal point very broad and long (Orient)........................ H. tenuitubercula Chaudhuri &amp; Chattopadhyay, 1990</p><p>- Anal point moderately narrow in shape.................................................................. 15</p><p>15(14). Small lobe-like appearance lateral to anal point (Orient)........................................ H. bulbosa sp.n.</p><p>- Anal point without lateral lobe-like structure............................................................. 16</p><p>16(15). Anal point parallel in shape with blunt apex (Afrotropics)............................ H. lacteiforceps Kieffer, 1923</p><p>- Anal point constricted in middle with sharp pointed apex (Orient, Nearctic)................. H. incidata Townes, 1945</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038EF23FFFFBFFEDFF22F0DEFA46FBEB	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Mukherjee, Bindarika;Hazra, Niladri	Mukherjee, Bindarika, Hazra, Niladri (2023): Taxonomic studies on Harnischia complex from India (Diptera: Chironomidae). Zootaxa 5278 (2): 239-263, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5278.2.2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5278.2.2
038EF23FFFF8FFEDFF22F7FEFEC6F914.text	038EF23FFFF8FFEDFF22F7FEFEC6F914.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Microchironomus ishii Sasa 1987	<div><p>Microchironomus ishii Sasa, 1987</p><p>GenBank accession number. OQ400991</p><p>Material examined. 3 males, labelled ‘ Microchironomus ishii Sasa, 1987, India, West Bengal, Jalpaiguri [26.71˚N, 88.76˚E], 07.iv.2022, Coll. P. Hui’ .</p><p>Remarks (Figs. 6A–C). Sasa, 1987 described this species from Japan. Sasa, 1987 described this species from Japan, collected in open light open light trap during this revisionary study. The specimen fully corroborates with M. ishii due to the presence of following diagnostic characters: anal point with small setigerous lobe at basal region, rod-like superior volsella subapically slight expanded with 3 simple setae, similar LR 2, LR 3, and wing length. Upon examining the Indian specimens, we observed that AR 2 (AR 1.6–1.8 in Japanese specimens), and Scts 4 (Scts 6–12 in Japanese specimens). Moreover, other significant characters are as follows: eyes with dorsomedial extension of 140 µm; V shaped anal tergite band; gonocoxite 105–110.5 µm long; gonostylus 122–130 µm long; anal point 70–73.5 µm long and widened basally with 3 setae lateral to anal point; superior volsella 48–50 µm long with little expansion at sub-apical end have 3 setae (1 seta at apex, 2 setae located sub-apically); HR 0.86–0.87; HV 2.85–3.</p><p>Distribution. The species is reported first time from India, West Bengal. Previously the species was reported from Japan.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038EF23FFFF8FFEDFF22F7FEFEC6F914	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Mukherjee, Bindarika;Hazra, Niladri	Mukherjee, Bindarika, Hazra, Niladri (2023): Taxonomic studies on Harnischia complex from India (Diptera: Chironomidae). Zootaxa 5278 (2): 239-263, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5278.2.2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5278.2.2
038EF23FFFF8FFEAFF22F466FD9EFD55.text	038EF23FFFF8FFEAFF22F466FD9EFD55.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Microchironomus fuscitarsus (Guha & Chaudhuri 1979)	<div><p>Microchironomus fuscitarsus (Guha &amp; Chaudhuri, 1979)</p><p>GenBank accession number. OM827255</p><p>Microchironomus fuscitarsus (Guha &amp; Chaudhuri, 1979): Hazra, Niitsuma &amp; Chaudhuri, 2016: 80; Chaudhuri &amp; Chattopadhyay, 1988: 175</p><p>Cryptochironomus fuscitarsus Guha &amp; Chaudhuri, 1979: 95</p><p>Material examined. 8 males, labelled ‘ Microchironomus fuscitarsus (Guha &amp; Chaudhuri, 1979), India, West Bengal, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=87.8512&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=23.2393" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 87.8512/lat 23.2393)">Burdwan</a> [23.2393° N, 87.8512° E], 05.ii.2021, 10.v.2021, 6.vii.2021, 03.ii.2022, Coll. N. Hazra’ , 2 males labelled ‘ Microchironomus fuscitarsus (Guha &amp; Chaudhuri, 1979), India, West Bengal, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=87.682&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=23.668" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 87.682/lat 23.668)">Birbhum</a> (23.668° N, 87.682° E), 03.iii.2021, Coll. B. Mukherjee’ , 3 males, labelled ‘ Microchironomus fuscitarsus (Guha &amp; Chaudhuri, 1979), India, West Bengal, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=87.8496&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=23.2446" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 87.8496/lat 23.2446)">Burdwan</a> [23.2446° N, 87.8496° E], 05.iii.2022, 10.iv.2021, Coll. B. Mukherjee’ , 3 males, ‘ Microchironomus fuscitarsus (Guha &amp; Chaudhuri, 1979), India, West Bengal, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=88.76&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=23.71" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 88.76/lat 23.71)">Jalpaiguri</a> [23.71° N, 88.76° E], 06.iv.2022, Coll. P. Hui’ .</p><p>Remarks (Figs. 7A–C). Guha &amp; Chaudhuri (1979) described adult male of this species as Cryptochironomus fuscitarsus while Chaudhuri &amp; Chattopadhyay (1988) described immature stages of this species and transferred this species into the genus Microchironomus . We noticed that few characters of the original description of the adult male are erroneous. Revised characters are: anal tergite band V shaped; superior volsella tapered gradually bearing 3 setae (1 seta at apex and 2 at sub-apex), 57–60 µm long; anal point medially swollen, 76–80 µm long, parallel shaped; laterosternite IX with 3–4 setae on each side of anal point.</p><p>Distribution. India, West Bengal.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038EF23FFFF8FFEAFF22F466FD9EFD55	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Mukherjee, Bindarika;Hazra, Niladri	Mukherjee, Bindarika, Hazra, Niladri (2023): Taxonomic studies on Harnischia complex from India (Diptera: Chironomidae). Zootaxa 5278 (2): 239-263, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5278.2.2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5278.2.2
