''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.
Species
*Subgenus ''
Cerobregma''
Zhang & Wang 1999
:*''
P. paucisetum''
Zhang & Wang, 2009)
*Subgenus ''
Pentapedilum''
Kieffer, 1913
:*''
P. botiense''
Oyewo & Sæther, 2008
:*''
P. scirpicola''
( Kieffer, 1921)
:*''
P. botosaneanui''
Oyewo & Sæther, 2008
:*''
P. camposense''
Oyewo & Sæther, 2008
:*''
P. exsectum''
( Kieffer, 1916)
:*''
P. intuber''
Oyewo & Sæther, 2008
:*''
P. nubens''
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, 1929)
:*''
P. reei''
Oyewo & Sæther, 2008
:*''
P. sordens''
(van der Wulp, 1874)
:*''
P. tissamaharense''
Oyewo & Sæther, 2008
:*''
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
*Subgenus ''
Probolum''
Anderson & Sæther, 2010
:*''
P. marcondesi''
Pinho & Mendes, 2010
:*''
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
:*''
P. amplificatus''
Bjørlo, 2001
:*''
P. amputatum''
Bjørlo, 2001
:*''
P. apfelbecki''
( Strobl, 1900)
:*''
P. bicrenatum''
Kieffer, 1921
:*''
P. chelum''
Vårdal, 2001
:*''
P. dagombae''
Bjørlo, 2001
:*''
P. elongatum''
Albu, 1980
:*''
P. ewei''
Bjørlo, 2001
:*''
P. malickianum''
Cranston, 1989
:*''
P. ogoouense''
Bjørlo, 2001
:*''
P. patulum''
Bjørlo, 2001
:*''
P. pulchrum''
Albu, 1980
:*''
P. pullum''
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, 1838)
:*''
P. quadriguttatum''
Kieffer, 1921
:*''
P. scalaenum''
( Schrank, 1803)
:*''
P. spinalveum''
Vårdal, 2001
:*''
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
See also
*
List of Polypedilum species
This is a list of 545 species in ''Polypedilum'', a genus of midges in the family Chironomidae.
''Polypedilum'' species
* ''Polypedilum aberufobrunneum'' Niitsuma, 1996
* ''Polypedilum absensilobum'' Zhang & Wang
* ''Polypedilum abyssiniae'' Kie ...
References
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Chironomidae
Diptera of Europe