Chironomus lurilatus Das, Majumdar & Hazra, 2016

Male: Wing length 2.44-2.64 mm; width 0.68-0.76 mm.  AR 2.59-2.81.  Ratio of wing length and length of profemur 2.26-2.28.
Head brownish-yellow, antenna brown; eyes bare; vertex with 22-26 setae.
Frontal tubercles 71-81 x 39-45 µm, 1.8 times longer than wide.
Clypeus with 19-20 long setae; palp segments (1-5) 42.5-51 ; 51-68 ; 187-204 ; 153-161.5 ; 136-153; P5/P4 0.89-0.94; P5/P3 0.73-0.75.
Thorax yellow with light brown antepronotum and dark postnotum.
Setae: Acrostichals 12-13 in two irregular rows; dorsocentrals 15-16; prealar 9-10; scutellars 12-14, no information as to whether scattered or in rows.

Wing pale with brown veins, 2 Scf on brachiolum.  12-13 setae on squama.
Legs brownish yellow.Lenghts (µm) and proportions:

	Fe	Ti	Ta1	Ta2	Ta3	Ta4	Ta5	LR	BR
PI	1120-1160	1000-1040	1560-1600	800-820	720-800	560-600	280-300	1.54-1.56	1.50-1.54
PII	1200-1240	1240-1280	880-820	440-500	320-360	200-240	120-160	0.71-0.72
PIII	1320-1360	1160-1200	840-880	440-480	360-400	240-280	120-140	0.72-0.73

Abdomen pale yellow, tergites II-IV with faint grey median spots.
TIX with 9-11 setae, possibly with 1 or 2 in a single paler areas.
Anal point narrow at base and a bulb-like apex.  Superior Volsella closest to S(e) type of Strenzke (1959).  Inferior Volsella reaching beyond the end of the anal point and almost to the beginning of the narrowing of the gonostylus, which is swollen and narrows markedly over about posterior third, with 4+1 setae at tip.

From Das, Majumdar & Hazra, 2016

Female: Not described.

Pupa: Total length 6.48-6.62 mm.  Frontal apotome (Fig. 8D) triangular with 2 subapical frontal setae.  Cephalic tubercles cone shaped, 60-68 µm long and 21-24 µm wide at base.  Thorax rugose.
Wing sheath 1.36-1.44 mm long (measured from where?).  HR about 2.4 (Fig. 8E).Abdomen (Fig. 8F) yellowish brown, TI bare, II-VI with median shagreen, VII bare, VIII scattered shagreen.  Caudo-lateral PSB on TII, PSA (60-69 x 76-81 µm) on TIV.  Conjunctives III/IV and IV/V with a pair of short L-setae.  Hook row, separated consisting of 46-48 hooklets.  Caudolateral spur (Fig.8H) with a trifid pointed apex.
Anal lobe (Fig. 8G) with a fringe of 146-150 taeniae.

Found: India - Type locality Pasighat (28.12°N. 95.55°E, 153 m a.s.l.) Arunachal Pradesh.

The relationships of this species are not clear, but it might have some relationship to C. bipunctus which also occurs at high elevations.  Some characters suggest that it might not be Chironomus (s.s.), although others suggest it may be related to C. vitellinus.