taxonID	type	description	language	source
038D0F5B293AFFA85C43FCC8FE4B1F88.taxon	materials_examined	Additional material examined (Brazil, São Paulo State): 1 adult male, 3 pupae with pharate males, 1 4 th instar larva with pharate pupa, São Carlos, Quinta da Felicidade reservoir, 14. iv. 1984, leg. S. Trivinho­Strixino; 5 adult males, São Carlos, Lagoa Mayaca (21 º 59 ’ S 47 º 54 ’ W), 23. v. 1993, leg. S. Trivinho­Strixino; 2 4 th instar larvae, Itirapina, Represa do Lobo (22 º 10 ’ S 47 º 54 ’ W), 1986, leg. S. Trivinho­Strixino; 1 adult male, Luiz Antônio, Lagoa do Infernão (21 º 35 ’ S 47 º 49 ’ W), 01. x. 1996, leg. K. C. Sonoda; 2 pupal exuviae, São Carlos, Lagoa Mayaca, 3. viii. 2002, leg. T. Siqueira. Diagnostic characters. Tanytarsus rhabdomantis can be separated from other Tanytarsus species by the following combination of characters. Male Imago: AR about 1.26; M vein with setae, Sc bare in most specimens, in one with two setae; anal tergal bands curved, ending on the middle of tergite, not reaching anal point; anal point elongate and pointed / triangular at tip, with a pair of well developed anal crests; field of microtrichia present between crests; spines absent, 6 – 9 short, thick setae between anal crests; superior volsella without field of microtrichia, anterior part oval, posterior part projected and somewhat elongate; longitudinal axes of superior volsella and body at angle of about 47 ×; digitus finger­like, not extending or extending a little beyond median margin of superior volsella; median volsella with foliate lamellae, not reaching apex of inferior volsella. Pupa: Frontal setae thin and short, cephalic tubercles weakly developed; pedicel sheath tubercle apparently absent; thoracic horn slender, with small spines along most of length; wing sheath with well developed nose, prealar tubercle weakly protuberant; three precorneals in a triangular pattern, not placed on tubercle; anterior precorneal stronger, Pc 2 and Pc 3 closer to each other; 2 pairs of dorsocentrals, Dc 4 much stronger than Dc 1 – 3; tergite III with long spines in long spine bands beginning in anterior half of tergite, bands anteriorly straight, posteriorly curved outward; tergite IV with long spines in bracket­shaped, long spine bands, most of the spines orally directed, anterior spines slightly shorter and caudally and medially directed; tergites V and VI with spines in oval patches anteriorly; tergites VIII – IX with fine shagreen in anterolateral patches; posterolateral comb of segment VIII quite broad with numerous marginal teeth; abdominal segment I without lateral seta, segments II – VII with 3 lateral setae, segment VIII with 3 lateral taeniae. Larva: Antenna very long, placed on prominent pedestal; segment 2 of antenna with narrow, unsclerotized ring near base; Lauterborn organs small, situated on apex of very long and slim pedicels, pedicels annulated for about 4 / 5 of their length; mentum with eleven teeth; median tooth pale and notched.	en	Trivinho-Strixino, Susana, Sanseverino, Angela M. (2003): Tanytarsus rhabdomantis: New combination for Nimbocera rhabdomantis Trivinho-Strixino & Strixino, 1991 (Diptera: Chironomidae). Zootaxa 389: 1-10, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.389.1.1
