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Issue: Vol. 1282 No. 1: 7 Aug. 2006
Type: Articles
Published: 2006-08-07
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1282.1.4
Page range: 39–48
Abstract views: 46
PDF downloaded: 2

Two unusual species of Polypedilum Kieffer (Diptera: Chironomidae) from Oriental China

College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, 300071 Tianjin, China
The Natural History Collections, Bergen Museum, University of Bergen, Muséplass 3, N-5020 Bergen, Norway
The Natural History Collections, Bergen Museum, University of Bergen, Muséplass 3, N-5020 Bergen, Norway
Diptera Chironomidae Polypedilum Cerobregma Tripodura new species Oriental China

Abstract

Polypedilum (Cerobregma) paucisetum sp. n. and P. (Tripodura) nudiprostatum sp. n., with peculiar superior volsellae are described as male imagines from Oriental China. P. (C.) paucisetum has an Uresipedilum-like superior volsella. The superior volsella of P. (T.) nudiprostatum is slender and non-clavate with 11–13 apical setae. A phylogenetic analysis places P. (C.) paucisetum as the sister species of the remaining members of the subgenus. P. (T.) nudiprostatum apparently belongs to the pullum group of Tripodura.

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