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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| Polypedilum nubens | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Chironomidae |
| Subfamily: | Chironominae |
| Tribe: | Chironomini |
| Genus: | Polypedilum Kieffer, 1912 |
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Species
edit- 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
- 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
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c d e f 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.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i 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) - ^ 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. doi:10.3897/zookeys.320.5147. PMC 3744150. PMID 23950682.