Paracladius akansextus Sasa & Kaminura 1987

Paracladius akansextus Sasa & Kaminura, 1987 Paracladius akansextus Sasa & Kaminura, 1987: 31. Rheocricotopus shofukusecundus Sasa, 1998: 30. Syn. nov. Paracladius akansextus – Saether et al. 2000: 153. — Ashe & O’Connor 2012: 451. — Yamamoto & Yamamoto 2014: 284 Rheocricotopus (s. str.) shofukusecundus – Ashe & O’Connor 2012: 572. — Yamamoto & Yamamoto 2014: 298. — Fu et al. 2016: 269, as R. (s. str.) shoufukusecundus (misspelled). Type material Holotype of Paracladius akansextus JAPAN – Hokkaido • ♂; Teshikaga, Lake Kussharo; 13 Jun. 1982; K. Kamimura leg.; NSMT, NSMTI-Dip 4583 [101: 56B]. Holotype of Rheocricotopus shofukusecundus JAPAN – Toyama • ♂; Kurobe, Ikuji; 13 Mar. 1997; M. Sasa leg.; NSMT, NSMT-I-Dip 5101 [No. 329: 28]. Remarks In a re-examination of the holotype of R. shofukusecundus Sasa, 1998, we found the male has a small dorsomedial extension in the hairy eye; at least 13 small pale marks of acrostichal setae, and many weak dorsocentral setae on the scutum; no superior volsella; and a posteriorly hooked inferior volsellae. In addition, the leg is not armed with pulvilli, although the author (Sasa 1998: 30) in the original description wrote: “Tip of tarsi V with an empodium, … and a very small, brush-like pulvilli.” Due to poor mounting, the thoracic humeral areas are damaged. Although the author wrote: “scutum with a pair of large pale humeral pits”, it is quite possible that humeral pits are absent. Therefore, this male belongs to Paracladius Hirvenoja, 1973, not to Rheocricotopus Brundin, 1956. There is no significant difference between this species and P. akansextus Sasa & Kaminura, 1987.