Polypedilum (Tripodura), Townes, 1945

Mukherjee, Bindarika, Ray, Namrata, Mukherjee, Arka, Naskar, Atanu & Banerjee, Dhriti, 2024, First report of acifer group of the subgenus Tripodura Townes (Diptera: Chironomidae: Polypedilum) from India, with a new species and updated world checklist, Zootaxa 5512 (4), pp. 531-552 : 541

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5512.4.4

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:1680DCD1-4422-4C97-A184-7CD1B9D58FDB

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13870593

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EE344A-ED6F-E633-FF0F-8BAE36C7F87C

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scientific name

Polypedilum (Tripodura)
status

 

Key to the Indian male species of the subgenus Tripodura Townes, 1945 View in CoL

1. Anal point poorly developed, elongation extremely reduced (Oriental China and India)................................................................................................ .. P. (T). conghuaense Zhang & Wang, 2016

– Anal point well developed.............................................................................. 2

2(1). Superior volsella large................................................................................. 3

– Superior volsella short................................................................................. 4

3(2). Superior volsella cylindrical with uniform width, having 2–4 setae subapically and submedially ( India).......................................................................... P. (T). chaudhurii Chaudhuri, Guha & Dasgupta, 1981 View in CoL

– Superior volsella narrow and sickle shaped without uniform width, having 1 seta submedially ( India)... P. (T). prolixus sp. n.

4(2). Superior volsella subtriangular with 3 spines ( India, Bhutan, Egypt, France, Germany, Romania, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Niger, Sudan and Sweden)..................................................... P. (T). aegyptium Kieffer, 1925 View in CoL

– Superior volsella without spines.......................................................................... 5

5(4). Anal point tongue-like, medially constricted ( Egypt, Cameroon, Congo, Sudan, Tanzania, Australia and India)................................................................................... P. (T). griseoguttatum Kieffer, 1921 View in CoL

– Anal point variable shaped.............................................................................. 6

6(5). Anal point hood-like and inverted ( India)....................... P. (T). albipalpum Chaudhuri, Guha & Dasgupta, 1981

– Anal point paralled-sided............................................................................... 7

7(6). Anal point with pointed apex............................................................................ 8

– Anal point with rounded or blunt apex.................................................................... 10

8(7). Tergite IX with strong lateral projections ( India)................. P. (T). tripunctum Chaudhuri, Guha & Dasgupta, 1981 View in CoL

– Tergite IX without lateral projections...................................................................... 9

9(8). Anal tergite with median setae; superior volsella with long setae ( India, Pakistan, South Africa, Cameroon and Democratic Republic of Congo)......................................................... P. (T). annulatipes ( Kieffer, 1910) View in CoL

– Anal tergite band without median setae; superior volsella with numerous short setae ( India)..................................................................................... P. (T). numerum Chaudhuri, Guha & Dasgupta, 1981

10(7). Tergite IX without lateral projections; inferior volsella cylindrical shaped ( India and China)..................................................................................... P. (T). lineatum Chaudhuri, Guha & Dasgupta, 1981 View in CoL

– Tergite IX with lateral projections; inferior volsella variable shaped............................................ 11

11(10). Tergite IX with strong lateral projection; inferior volsella broad apically ( India)..............................................................................................… P. (T). lucidum Chaudhuri, Guha & Dasgupta, 1981 View in CoL

– Tergite IX with weak lateral projection; inferior volsella pointed at apex ( India, Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan, South Africa and Zimbabwe)........................................................... P. (T). pruina Freeman, 1954 View in CoL

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Chironomidae

Genus

Polypedilum

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