Skip to main content Skip to main navigation menu Skip to site footer
Responsive image
Issue: Vol. 3893 No. 3: 9 Dec. 2014
Type: Article
Published: 2014-12-09
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3893.3.6
Page range: 416–428
Abstract views: 23
PDF downloaded: 1

The immature stages of Polypedilum (Pentapedilum) nodosum (Johannsen) and Polypedilum (Tripodura) masudai (Tokunaga) (Diptera, Chironomidae, Chironominae)

Department of Ecology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China
Evolution, Ecology & Genetics, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
Department of Ecology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China
Macau Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG), Taipa, Macau
Department of Gardens and Green Areas, Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau of Macau Special Administrative Region (IACM), Coloane, Macau
Guangdong Entomological Institute, Guangzhou, 510260, China
Polypedilum pupa larva biology new record

Abstract

Based on associated material collected from Macau and Guangxi, the pupae and larvae of Polypedilum (Pentapedilum) nodosum Johannsen and P. (Tripodura) masudai Tokunaga are described completely for the first time. Both species are newly recorded from China. Characters for distinguishing the immature stage of these species from other allied Polypedilum species are noted. The previously recorded Polypedilum (Pentapedilum) ‘K1’ of Cranston  (1996) is shown to be P. nodosum. Information is provided on distribution and ecological tolerances.