Chironomus bharati Singh & Kulshrestha 1976

Adult:

Male:
Head light brown, antenna yellow.  Thoracic vittae yellowish-brown; antepronotum light brown; scutum and scutellum pale green, postnotum light brown.
Wing with crossvein r-m dark.  Wing length 3.12 mm, VR 1.07.
Legs yellowish green, anterior tibia darker at proximal end; mid femora with apical hook-like projection; each tarsal segment with 5-18 prominent setae at distal ends.
Leg lengths (micron) and proportions:

	Fe	Ti	Ta1	Ta2	Ta3	Ta4	Ta5	LR	F/T	Ta5/Ti
PI	1320	1200	2080	970	850	730	360	1.73	1.10	0.30
PII	1320	1230	740	430	290	180	140	0.60	1.07
PIII	1560	1530	1120	600	450	270	170	0.73	1.02

Abdominal terga II-V with well marked brown median spots; genitalia brown.

Male terminalia of C. bharati from Maheshwari (1989)

Hypopygium with spatulate anal point.  Inferior volsella extending about to distal swelling of anal point.  Gonostylus 1.44 time the length of the gonocoxite, with setae at distal end; only moderately swollen and narrowing gently from about the midpoint.  Superior volsella pointed at tip and strongly curved distally, perhaps closest to D(e) type of Strenzke 1959, base not broad. No setae shown on TIX.

Female: Colour similar to male but relatively weakly marked spots on tergites.
Wing length 2.70 mm, VR 1.06.
Head with frontal tubercles stated to be 35 mm long, but presumably should be 35 µm; antenna with 5 segments, lengths not given.  Palp proportions 9 : 15 : 59 : 63 : 91.
Leg lengths (micron) and proportions:

	Fe	Ti	Ta1	Ta2	Ta3	Ta4	Ta5	LR	F/T	Ta4/Ti
PI	1030	860	1050	870	600	520	270	1.70	1.20	0.60
PII	1080	1080	600	360	240	150	130	0.55	1.00
PIII	1200	1240	910	520	400	240	160	0.73	0.97

Female terminalia of C. bharati from Maheshwari (1989)

Genitalia:  Sternite VIII not forms floor under vagina(?). Length of notum 224 µm.  Length of gonocoxal apodeme 132 µm, 17-19 setae on segment X, 5-6 setae om gonocoxite 6.  Labia sword shaped, 20.5 µm long.

Pupa: Body length 6.10 (6.00-6.20) mm.  General body colour dark brown, changing to sivery white near emergence.  Respiratory organ divided into two conspicuous multifilamentous anterior and posterior trunks.
Wing sheath well developed.  Spicules present.
No information on number of hooks on segment II, the number of spines on the spur of segment VIII or the taeniae of the swim fin.

Fourth instar larva: Body length 9.20 (9.00-9.40) mm.  Two pairs of ventral tubules.
Head capsule length 0.63 mm, width 0.48 mm.  RO 31 µm up from base of A1; antennal blade extends to near the distal end of A4; AR 1.56.
PE with single row of teeth, partly obscured, premandible with normal 2 teeth.
Mentum with 15 teeth, possibly Type II (4th lateral reduced almost to level of 5th lateral) centre tooth possibly Type III.
Ventromentum not illustrated.
Illustration suggests that mandible is type III and MTR about 0.33.

Mouthparts of C. bharati larva

Cytology: not known.

Found: Type locality - Khanari Agricultural Farm, Agra, Uttarpradesh.