Skip to main content Skip to main navigation menu Skip to site footer
Responsive image
Issue: Vol. 1702 No. 1: 13 Feb. 2008
Type: Article
Published: 2008-02-13
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1702.1.5
Page range: 61–68
Abstract views: 29
PDF downloaded: 1

Three new species of Polypedilum s. str. Kieffer from China, with L-shaped superior volsella (Diptera: Chironomidae)

College of Aqua-life Science and Technology, Shanghai Fisheries University, 200090, Shanghai, China
College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, 300071, Tianjin, China
Diptera Chironomidae Chironominae Polypedilum new species China

Abstract

Three new Chinese Polypedilum s. str. species with distinct L-shaped superior volsella, are described and illustrated as males. Polypedilum (P.) coalitum sp. nov. differs from other members of Polypedilum s. str. in having 4 palpomeres and vein R 1 without seta. P. (P.) depile sp. nov. has bare squama, which is unique in the genus. P. (P.) hainanense sp. nov. differs in having squama with 3 setae; vein R 4+5 with 14–20 setae; a high foreleg ratio (2.36); and superior volsella abruptly curved in the middle, without basal inner setae, with single strong lateral seta medially, and 3 short subapical setae.

References

  1. Cranston, P.S., Dillon, M.E., Pinder, L.C.V. & Reiss, F. (1989) The adult males of Chironominae (Diptera: Chironomidae) of the Holarctic region - Keys and diagnoses. In: Wiederholm, T. (Ed.), Chironomidae of the Holarctic region - Keys and diagnoses. Part 3. Adult males. Entomologica scandinavica, Supplement, 34, 353–502.

    Freeman, P. (1958) A study of the Chironomidae (Diptera) of Africa south of the Sahara. Part IV. Bulletin the British Museum of Natural History, Entomology, 6, 263–363.

    Kieffer, J.J. (1921) Noveaux représentations de genre Polypedilum (Chironomides). Annales de la Société Scientifiques Bruxelles, 41, 97–101.

    Maschwitz, D.E. & Cook, E.F. (2000) Revision of the Nearctic species of the genus Polypedilum Kieffer (Diptera: Chironomidae) in the subgenera P. (Polypedilum) and P. (Uresipedilum) Oyewo and Sæther. Bulletin of the Ohio Biological Survey, New Series, 12, 1–135.

    Sæther, O.A. (1969) Some Nearctic Podonominae, Diamesinae, and Orthocladiinae (Diptera: Chironomidae). Bulletin of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada, 170, 1–154.

    Sæther, O.A. (1980) Glossary of chironomid morphology terminology (Diptera: Chironomidae). Entomologica scandinavica, Supplement, 14, 1–51.

    Sæther, O.A. (1990) A review of the genus Limnophyes Eaton from the Holarctic and Afrotropical regions (Diptera: Chironomidae, Orthocladiinae). Entomologica scandinavica, Supplement, 35, 1–139.

    Sasa, M. (1980) Studies on chironomid midges of the Tama River - Part 2. Description of 20 species of Chironominae recovered from a tributary. Research Report from the National Institute for Environmental Studies, Japan, 13, 9–107.

    Sasa, M. & Suzuki, H. (1998) Studies on the chironomid midges collected in Hokkaido and northern Honshu. Tropical Medicine, 40, 9–43.

    Zhang, R.L. & Wang, X.H. (2004) Polypedilum (Uresipedilum) Oyewo and Sæther from China (Diptera: Chironomidae). Zootaxa, 565, 1–38.

    Zhang, R.L. & Wang, X.H. (2005a) Polypedilum (Cerobregma) Sæther & Sundal from China (Insecta: Diptera: Chironomidae). Aquatic Insects, 27, 47–55.

    Zhang, R.L. & Wang, X.H. (2005b) Description of new species of Polypedilum (Pentapedilum) Kieffer from China (Diptera: Chironomidae: Chironomini). Studia Dipterologica, 12, 63–67.

    Wang, X.H. (2000) A revised checklist of Chironomidae from China (Diptera). In: Hoffrichter, O. (Ed.), Late 20th Century Research on Chironomidae. An Anthology from the 13th International Symposium on Chironomidae. Shaker Verlag, Aachen, pp. 629–652.