Redescription of Cyphomella cana (Strobl, 1910) (Diptera, Chironomidae) from the Russian Far East Author Orel, Oksana V. text Zootaxa 2025 2025-07-14 5661 1 142 150 https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5661.1.10 journal article 311363 10.11646/zootaxa.5661.1.10 d64ba681-e470-4b2b-85af-cece9b499e02 1175-5326 16603734

TABLE 2. Comparative morphological characteristics of the males of Cyphomella Saether.

Characters	Cyphomella cana (Strobl, 1910) (from Saether 1977, n = 3)	Cyphomella cana (Strobl, 1910) (our data, n = 6)	Cyphomella ariadnae (Shilova) (from Shilova 2001, n = 4)
Total length, mm	3.67–3.86	3.2–3.8	4.2–4.7
Wing length, mm	1.91–2.13	2.12–2.40	2.5–2.6
Tubercle on scutum	present	present	absent
Frontal tubercles length, µm	20–28	15–21	22–24
AR	1.63–1.85	1.65–1.94	2.0–2.2
Aps	3–4	5–9	8–10
Ac	0	0	0
Dc	8–9	5–9	6–10
Scts	6–8	8–12	up to 10
R	7–9	6–10	6–9
Sq	7–12	6–11	10–12
LRPI	1.40–1.51	1.42–1.50	1.4–1.5
Sensilla chaetica on tP2	4	2–6	4–6
Anal point length, µm	70–72	69–81	78–90
	expanded near apex	expanded near apex	expanded in apical third
Superior volsella	nearly without microtrichia	dense microtrichia present on ventromedian margin	microtrichia present on the inner margin
Gonocoxite length, µm	159–170	105–135	-
Gonostylus length, µm	178–187	141–165	-