Polypedilum

Polypedilum
Polypedilum huapingensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Chironomidae
Subfamily:	Chironominae
Tribe:	Chironomini
Genus:	Polypedilum Kieffer, 1912
Subgenera
Cerobregma Sæther & Sundal, 1999 Kribionympha Kieffer, 1921 Pentapedilum Kieffer, 1913 Polypedilum Kieffer, 1912 Probolum Anderson & Sæther, 2010 [1] Tripedilum Kieffer, 1921 Tripodura Townes, 1945 Uresipedilum Oyewo & Sæther, 1998
Synonyms
AsheumSublette & Sublette, 1983 CerobregmaSæther & Sundal, 1999 Kribiocharis Kieffer, 1921 Kribionympha Kieffer, 1921 Kribiophilus Kieffer, 1921 Kribiotima Kieffer, 1921 PedionomusSublette, 1964 Pentapedilum Kieffer, 1913 Pentapelma Kieffer, 1921 PropedilumLenz, 1937 Rosenia Kieffer, 1921 Tripedilum Kieffer, 1921 TripoduraTownes, 1945 UresipedilumSasa & 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 eutrophic ponds, reaching densities of up to 1200 larvae per square meter. ^[2]

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)

• Subgenus Polypedilum Kieffer, 1912

• 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) excelsiusTownes, 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

• List of Polypedilum species

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.
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. Bibcode:2013ZooK..320...43L. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.320.5147 . PMC   3744150 . PMID   23950682.