Polypedilum

<i>Polypedilum</i>

Polypedilum

Genus of flies


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]

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Species

  • Subgenus Cerobregma Zhang & Wang 1999
  • P. paucisetum Zhang & Wang, 2009)
  • Subgenus Pentapedilum Kieffer, 1913
  • P. botiense Oyewo & Sæther, 2008[3]
  • P. scirpicola (Kieffer, 1921)
  • P. botosaneanui Oyewo & Sæther, 2008[3]
  • P. camposense Oyewo & Sæther, 2008[3]
  • P. exsectum (Kieffer, 1916)
  • P. intuber Oyewo & Sæther, 2008[3]
  • P. nubens (Edwards, 1929)
  • P. reei Oyewo & Sæther, 2008[3]
  • P. sordens (van der Wulp, 1874)
  • P. tissamaharense Oyewo & Sæther, 2008[3]
  • 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
  • Subgenus Probolum Anderson & Sæther, 2010[1]
  • 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
  • Subgenus Tripodura Townes, 1945
  • P. acifer Townes, 1945
  • P. aegyptium Kieffer, 1925
  • P. akani Bjørlo, 2001[4]
  • P. amplificatus Bjørlo, 2001[4]
  • P. amputatum Bjørlo, 2001[4]
  • P. apfelbecki (Strobl, 1900)
  • P. bicrenatum Kieffer, 1921
  • P. chelum Vårdal, 2001[4]
  • P. dagombae Bjørlo, 2001[4]
  • P. elongatum Albu, 1980
  • P. ewei Bjørlo, 2001[4]
  • P. malickianum Cranston, 1989
  • P. ogoouense Bjørlo, 2001[4]
  • P. patulum Bjørlo, 2001[4]
  • P. pulchrum Albu, 1980
  • P. pullum (Zetterstedt, 1838)
  • P. quadriguttatum Kieffer, 1921
  • P. scalaenum (Schrank, 1803)
  • P. spinalveum Vårdal, 2001[4]
  • P. tetracrenatum Hirvenoja, 1962
  • Subgenus Uresipedilum Oyewo & Sæther, 1998
  • P. convictum (Walker, 1856)
  • P. cultellatum Goetghebuer, 1931
  • P. marsafae Ghonaim, Ali & Osheibah, 2005
  • P. minimum Lin, Qi, Zhang & Wang, 2013[5]

See also


References

  1. 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. 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. 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)

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