Polypedilum longiforceps Kieffer, 1921
Polypedilum fuscipenne Kieffer, 1921
P. fuscipenne (Meigen, 1818)
Tripedilum armatifrons Kieffer, 1921
Cryptic species in the nuisance midge Polypedilum nubifer (Skuse) (Diptera: Chironomidae) and the status of Tripedilum Kieffer
Cranston, Peter S.
Martin, Jon
Spies, Martin
Zootaxa
2016
2016-02-15
4079
4
429
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4LDFN
Kieffer
Kieffer
[151,735,726,752]
Insecta
Chironomidae
Polypedilum
GBIF
Animalia
Diptera
12
441
Arthropoda
species
longiforceps
Polypedilum
Polypedilum longiforcepsKieffer, 1921; Kieffer (1921b); Freeman (1958). Polypedilum fuscipenneKieffer, 1921; Kieffer (1921b), synonymised by Freeman (1958), invalid junior homonym of P. fuscipenne(Meigen, 1818). Tripedilum armatifronsKieffer, 1921; Kieffer (1921c), syn. Freeman (1958). Microtendipes longiventris Kieffer, 1922; Kieffer (1922), syn. Freeman (1958).
Material examined. 1♂, ’A–E. Sudan, Yirol, xii.1954, E.T.M. Reid, BM 1954-153’, ‘ BMNH(E) 1240737’ ‘ Polypedilum fuscipenneKieffer, Euparalslide P.S. Cranston July 2015’; 1♂, ‘ Gold Coast, Nangodi, 8.x.1954, G. Crisp, BM 1954-675’, ‘ BMNH(E) 1240739’ ‘ Polypedilum fuscipenneKieffer, Euparalslide P.S. Cranston July 2015’ 1♀, ‘ Congobelge, Maka Lualaba, 23.i.1939, H. Brédo’, ‘R. Mus. Hist. Nat. Belg. I.G. 12.290’ ‘ BMNH(E) 1240742’ ‘ Polypedilum fuscipenneKieffer, Euparalslide P.S. Cranston July 2015’. Notes.The species is readily recognised from Freeman’s key and description. The adult frontal tubercles are 30 µm long; the fore tibial apex carries a darkened triangular spine without any rounded base; the superior volsella is narrow, apically upcurved, and without a distal seta. The pulvillus ( Fig. 5C) is divided in 2 parts; outer broad and plumose forming thin ‘pad’, extending to near tip of claw; inner part sinuous, multiple branched, subequal to outer; empodium strong, apically plumose and extending beyond pulvillus.