Polypedilum is a genus of non-biting midges in the subfamily Chironominae of the bloodworm family Chironomidae. This is probably the most species-rich of all chironomid genera. Larvae of Polypedilum may also be among the most abundant invertebrates in eutrophic ponds, reaching densities of up to 1200 larvae per square meter.[2]

Polypedilum
Polypedilum nubens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Chironomidae
Subfamily: Chironominae
Tribe: Chironomini
Genus: Polypedilum
Kieffer, 1912
Subgenera
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

Species

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  • P. marcondesi Pinho & Mendes, 2010[1]
  • P. excelsius Townes sensu Grodhaus & Rotramel, 1980
  • P. simantokeleum Sasa, Suzuki & Sakai, 1998
  • P. bullum Zhang & Wang, 2004
  • possibly Polypedilum longinervis (Kieffer, 1922)
  • possibly Polypedilum (Uresipedilum) excelsius Townes, 1945

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Sæther, Ole A.; Andersen, Trond; Pinho, Luiz C.; Mendes, Humberto F. (2010). "The problems with Polypedilum Kieffer (Diptera: Chironomidae), with the description of Probolum subgen. n." (PDF). Zootaxa. 2497: 1–36. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2497.1.1.
  2. ^ Int Panis, L; Bervoets L; Verheyen RF (1995). "The spatial distribution of Caenis horaria (L., 1758) (Caenidae, Ephemeroptera) in a pond in Niel (Belgium)". Bull. Ann. Soc. R. Ent. Belg. 131: 47–51.
  3. ^ 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). Vol. 1953. New Zealand: Magnolia Press. pp. 145 pp. ISBN 978-1-86977-300-7.
  4. ^ 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. 31 (4). Wiley InterScience: 331–402. doi:10.1046/j.1463-6409.2002.00096.x. S2CID 84856055.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ Lin, Xiaolong; Qi, Xin; Zhang, Ruilei; Wang, Xinhua (2013). "A new species of Polypedilum (Uresipedilum) Oyewo & Sæther, 1998 from Zhejiang Province of Oriental China (Diptera, Chironomidae)". ZooKeys (320): 43–49. doi:10.3897/zookeys.320.5147. PMC 3744150. PMID 23950682.