Revision of the Oriental species of Polypedilum Kieffer (Diptera: Chironomidae) with their phylogenetic relationship
Author
Mukherjee, Tuhar
0000-0002-9449-5985
Entomology Research Unit, Department of Zoology, The University of Burdwan, Burdwan, India & tuharmukherjeeofficial @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 9449 - 5985
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Author
Mukherjee, Bindarika
0000-0002-9792-7931
Entomology Research Unit, Department of Zoology, The University of Burdwan, Burdwan, India & bindabdn @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 9792 - 7931
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Author
Hazra, Niladri
0000-0001-8149-9445
Entomology Research Unit, Department of Zoology, The University of Burdwan, Burdwan, India & hazra. niladri @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 8149 - 9445
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Zootaxa
2020
2020-07-27
4820
1
31
69
journal article
8973
10.11646/zootaxa.4820.1.3
2764e649-f308-4e3b-aaa0-9d29e81a06f2
1175-5326
4397253
E31607E8-A25D-44FA-AE5A-299BE6E2D0D6
Stictochironomus flagellatus
(Chaudhuri, Guha and Dasgupta, 1981)
Comb. n.
Polypedilum
(
P
.)
flagellatum
Chaudhuri, Guha and Dasgupta, 1981: 122
;
Hazra, Niitsuma and Chaudhuri, 2016: 89
.
Material examined
.
3 males
labelled ‘
Polypedilum flagellatum
Chaudhuri, Guha and Dasgupta, 1981
,
India
,
West Bengal
,
Duars
,
Birparah
(26.70, 89.13), Coll.
T
.
Dutta
,
21.vi.1984
’.
Description.
Wing
. R
2+3
separated from R
1
; R
4+5
and M bare; squamal setae 10–14.
Hypopygium
. Apical setae of inferior volsella 10–14; median setae of T IX 1–13.
Remarks
. After careful examination of the specimens we found that T VIII is not basally constricted; anterior and posterior tibial combs of fore and hind legs are not separate and inferior volsella is bent laterad. Based upon the mentioned characters we have come to the conclusion that the species belongs to the genus
Stictochironomus
. The superior volsella of the species is unique among the species of the genus.