Two new and one newly recorded species of Polypedilum Kieffer 1912 with DNA barcodes from Oriental China (Chironomidae: Diptera)
Author
Yan, Chuncai
Author
Song, Chao
Author
Liu, Ting
Author
Zhao, Guangjun
Author
Hou, Ziyuan
Author
Cao, Wei
Author
Wang, Xinhua
text
Zootaxa
2017
4238
1
109
118
journal article
36361
10.11646/zootaxa.4238.1.8
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Polypedilum
(
Uresipedilum
)
paraconvictum
Yamamoto, Yamamoto & Hirowatari
(
Figure 5A–D
, GenBank accession number
KY570295
)
Polypedilum
(
Uresipedilum
)
paraconvictum
Yamamoto, Yamamoto & Hirowatari, 2015
: 53
.
Material
examined
. 1
Ƌ
,
China
:
Hainan Province
,
Jianfengling National Nature Reserve
,
109.67°N
,
18.29°E
,
16. III. 2016
,
Song C
,
light trap
.
Description.
Male adult (n = 1). Total length
2.51 mm
. Wing length
1.63 mm
. Wing length/length of profemur 2.01.
Coloration
. Head pale brown, with brown antennal flagellums; Thorax light brown, Legs yellowish except tibia pale brown. Abdomen yellow (
Figure 5A
).
Head
. Frontal tubercles absent. AR 1.34. Ultimate flagellomere 495 µm long; Temporal setae 9 including 3 outer verticals, 4 inner verticals and 2 postorbitals; Clypeus with 13 setae; Tentorium 102 µm long, 25 µm wide. Palpomere lengths (in µm): 25; 32; 3rd–5th absent.
Thorax
. Dorsocentrals 13, including 3 humerals; acrostichals 9; prealars 3. Scutellum with 14 setae.
Wing
. VR 1.30. R2+3 adjacent to R1. R with 20, R1 with 12, R4+5 with 26 setae. Brachiolum without seta. Squama with 5 setae.
Legs
. Scale of fore tibia triangular, rounded, without apical short spur. Spur on median tibia 37 µm long, comb including 20 lateral teeth; un-spurred comb including 24 lateral teeth; spur on posterior tibia 40 µm long, comb including 16 lateral teeth, un-spurred comb including 16 lateral teeth. Lengths (in µm) and proportions of legs as in
Table 3
.
TABLE 3.
Lengths (in µm) and proportions of legs of
P
. (
U
.)
paraconvictum
Yamamoto, Yamamoto & Hirowatari.
Fe Ti Ta1 Ta2 Ta3 Ta4 P1 8 0 0 5 5 0 - - - -
P2 810 645 355 205 150 95 P3 890 720 510 290 290 175
Ta5 W.Ti BR LR BV SV P1 - 4 4 - - - -
P2 60 45 5.12 0.55 3.55 4.10 P3 75 45 3.80 0.71 2.55 3.16
Hypopygium
(
Figures 5B–D
). Tergite IX with 5 median setae and laterosternite IX with 4 setae respectively. Anal point 30 µm long, parallel-sided with 5 µm wide in base, 2.5 µm wide at apex. Base of superior volsella, 25 µm long covered with microtrichiae, with 3 subapical inner setae and 1 apical out seta; apical projection, 26 µm long, nearly as long as basal portion, microtrichia-free and deeply curved (
Figure 5D
); Inferior volsella 72 µm long, with 6 dorsal setae. Phallapodeme 51 µm long; transverse sternapodeme 50 µm long. Gonocoxite 127 µm long. Gonostylus 125 µm long, semilunar like, with one apical seta and 6 setae on inner margin. HR 1.04. HV 1.97.
FIGURE 5A–D.
P
.
(
U
.)
paraconvictum
Yamamoto
, Yamamoto
&
Hirowatari
.
A—Body in ventral view; B—Dorsal view of hypopygium; C—Ventral view of hypopygium; D—Superior volsella.
Remarks
. The comparisons between Chinese specimen and Japanese (
Table 4
) show most of characters are very close. Comparatively, Antenna Ratio of Chinese specimen is a little higher (1.34
vs
0.97–1.05); length of leg segments are larger than that of Japanese (
Table 4
).
The species is very close to
Polypedilum
(
Uresipedilum
)
oresitrophum
(
Skuse, 1889
)
. It can morphologically distinguished from the latter (
Saether
et
Oyewo 2008
: Fig 10E) by having microtrichia-free projection of superior volsella and a higher AR (
0.6 in
P
. (
U
.)
oresitrophum
).
Distribution
. The species was erected by
Yamamoto
et al
., 2015
based on the specimen from
Japan
(Yaeyama Islands,
Okinawa
). Chinese material was collected in
Hainan
Island
(Oriental
China
).