Polypedilum

Polypedilum
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
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

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 euthrophic ponds, reaching densities of up to 1200 larvae per square meter.[1]

Species

  • P. paucisetum Zhang & Wang, 2009)
  • P. botiense Oyewo & Sæther, 2008[2]
  • P. scirpicola (Kieffer, 1921)
  • P. botosaneanui Oyewo & Sæther, 2008[2]
  • P. camposense Oyewo & Sæther, 2008[2]
  • P. exsectum (Kieffer, 1916)
  • P. intuber Oyewo & Sæther, 2008[2]
  • P. nubens (Edwards, 1929)
  • P. reei Oyewo & Sæther, 2008[2]
  • P. sordens (van der Wulp, 1874)
  • P. tissamaharense Oyewo & Sæther, 2008[2]
  • P. tritum (Walker, 1856)
  • P. wittei (Freeman, 1955)
  • 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
  • P. acifer Townes, 1945
  • P. aegyptium Kieffer, 1925
  • P. akani Bjørlo, 2001[3]
  • P. amplificatus Bjørlo, 2001[3]
  • P. amputatum Bjørlo, 2001[3]
  • P. apfelbecki (Strobl, 1900)
  • P. bicrenatum Kieffer, 1921
  • P. chelum Vårdal, 2001[3]
  • P. dagombae Bjørlo, 2001[3]
  • P. elongatum Albu, 1980
  • P. ewei Bjørlo, 2001[3]
  • P. malickianum Cranston, 1989
  • P. ogoouense Bjørlo, 2001[3]
  • P. patulum Bjørlo, 2001[3]
  • P. pulchrum Albu, 1980
  • P. pullum (Zetterstedt, 1838)
  • P. quadriguttatum Kieffer, 1921
  • P. scalaenum (Schrank, 1803)
  • P. spinalveum Vårdal, 2001[3]
  • P. tetracrenatum Hirvenoja, 1962
  • P. convictum (Walker, 1856)
  • P. cultellatum Goetghebuer, 1931
  • P. marsafae Ghonaim, Ali & Osheibah, 2005
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References

  1. 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. Annls Soc. belge Ent. 131: 47–51.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 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.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 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.
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