Polypedilum
Polypedilum |
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Polypedilum nubens |
Scientific classification |
Kingdom: |
Animalia |
Phylum: |
Arthropoda |
Class: |
Insecta |
Order: |
Diptera |
Suborder: |
Nematocera |
Infraorder: |
Culicomorpha |
Superfamily: |
Chironomoidea |
Family: |
Chironomidae |
Subfamily: |
Chironominae |
Tribe: |
Chironomini |
Genus: |
Polypedilum
Kieffer, 1912 |
Subgenera |
- Cerobregma Sæther & Sundal, 1999
- Pentapedilum Kieffer, 1913
- Polypedilum Kieffer, 1912
- Tripodura Townes, 1945
- Uresipedilum Oyewo & Sæther, 1998
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Synonyms |
- Asheum Sublette & Sublette, 1983
- Cerobregma Sæther & Sundal, 1999
- Kribiocharis Kieffer, 1921
- Kribionympha Kieffer, 1921
- Kribiophilus Kieffer, 1921
- Kribiotima Kieffer, 1921
- Pedionomus Sublette, 1964
- Pentapedilum Kieffer, 1913
- Pentapelma Kieffer, 1921
- Propedilum Lenz, 1937
- Rosenia Kieffer, 1921
- Tripedilum Kieffer, 1921
- Tripodura Townes, 1945
- Uresipedilum Sasa & Kikuchi, 1995
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Polypedilum is a genus of non-biting midges in the subfamily Chironominae of the bloodworm family Chironomidae. This is probably is the most species-rich of all chironomid genera.
Species
- Subgenus Cerobregma Zhang & Wang 1999
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- P. paucisetum Zhang & Wang, 2009)
- Subgenus Pentapedilum Kieffer, 1913
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- P. botiense Oyewo & Sæther, 2008[1]
- P. scirpicola (Kieffer, 1921)
- P. botosaneanui Oyewo & Sæther, 2008[1]
- P. camposense Oyewo & Sæther, 2008[1]
- P. exsectum (Kieffer, 1916)
- P. intuber Oyewo & Sæther, 2008[1]
- P. nubens (Edwards, 1929)
- P. reei Oyewo & Sæther, 2008[1]
- P. sordens (van der Wulp, 1874)
- P. tissamaharense Oyewo & Sæther, 2008[1]
- P. tritum (Walker, 1856)
- P. wittei (Freeman, 1955)
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- P. acutum Kieffer, 1915
- P. albicorne (Meigen, 1838)
- P. albosignatum Kieffer, 1925
- P. amoenum Goetghebuer, 1930
- P. arundineti (Goetghebuer, 1921)
- P. barboyoni Serra-Tosio, 1981
- P. dudichi Berczik, 1957
- P. fallax (Johannsen, 1905)
- P. intermedium Albu & Botnariuc, 1966
- P. laetum (Meigen, 1818)
- P. lene (Becker, 1908)
- P. nubeculosum (Meigen, 1804)
- P. nubifer (Skuse, 1889)
- P. octopunctatum (Thunberg, 1784)
- P. pedestre (Meigen, 1830)
- P. vanderplanki Hinton, 1951
- Subgenus Tripodura Townes, 1945
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- P. acifer Townes, 1945
- P. aegyptium Kieffer, 1925
- P. akani Bjørlo, 2001[2]
- P. amplificatus Bjørlo, 2001[2]
- P. amputatum Bjørlo, 2001[2]
- P. apfelbecki (Strobl, 1900)
- P. bicrenatum Kieffer, 1921
- P. chelum Vårdal, 2001[2]
- P. dagombae Bjørlo, 2001[2]
- P. elongatum Albu, 1980
- P. ewei Bjørlo, 2001[2]
- P. malickianum Cranston, 1989
- P. ogoouense Bjørlo, 2001[2]
- P. patulum Bjørlo, 2001[2]
- P. pulchrum Albu, 1980
- P. pullum (Zetterstedt, 1838)
- P. quadriguttatum Kieffer, 1921
- P. scalaenum (Schrank, 1803)
- P. spinalveum Vårdal, 2001[2]
- P. tetracrenatum Hirvenoja, 1962
- Subgenus Uresipedilum Oyewo & Sæther, 1998
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- P. convictum (Walker, 1856)
- P. cultellatum Goetghebuer, 1931
- P. marsafae Ghonaim, Ali & Osheibah, 2005
References
- ^ a b c d e f Emmanuel Adeoye Oyewo & Ole A. Sæther (2008). Revision of Polypedilum (Pentapedilum) Kieffer and Ainuyusurika Sasa et Shirasaki (Diptera: Chironomidae). 1953. New Zealand: Magnolia Press. pp. 145 pp. ISBN 978-1-86977-300-7.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Vårdal, H., Bjørlo, A. & Sæther, O. A. (2002). "Afrotropical Polypedilum subgenus Tripodura, with a review of the subgenus (Diptera: Chironomidae)". Zoologica Scripta (Wiley InterScience) 31 (4): 331–402. doi:10.1046/j.1463-6409.2002.00096.x.