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Paracladopelma Harnisch

Description

Paracladopelma Harnisch

Paracladopelma Harnisch, 1923: 304.

Type species: Tendipes camptolabis Kieffer, 1913, by original designation and monotypy.

Other included species: Palaearctic region (22 species, see Ashe & Cranston 1990; Makarchenko et al. 2005; Saether et al. 2000; Sasa 1998; Sasa & Kikuchi 1995; Sasa & Suzuki 1998, 2001; Sasa & Tanaka 2002; Sasa et al. 1998, 2001; Zorina 2006): P. augustus Zorina, 2006; P. c a m p t o l a b i s (Kieffer, 1913); P. d o r i s (Townes, 1945); P. furudoprimum Sasa et Arakawa, 1994; P. galaptera (Townes, 1945); P. globosum Zorina, 2006; P. graminicolor (Kieffer, 1925); P. hibarasecundum Sasa, 1993; P. j a c k s o n i Zorina, 2003; P. k u r a m a - clarum Sasa, 1989; P. laminatum (Kieffer, 1921); P. mikianum (Goetghebuer, 1937); P. n a i s (Townes, 1945); P. n e re i s (Townes, 1945); P. nigritulum (Goetghebuer, 1942); P. nudiappendiculatum (Kawai, 1991); P. pseudocamptolabis Zorina, 2006; P. pugnum Kawai, 1991; P. tamahikawai Sasa, 1983; P. tamanipparai Sasa, 1983; P. undine (Townes, 1945); P. urkanensis Zorina, 2006.

Nearctic region (10 species, see Oliver et al. 1990): P. alphaeus (Sublette, 1960); P. camptolabis (Kieffer, 1913); P. doris (Townes, 1945); P. galaptera (Townes, 1945); P. longanae Beck et Beck, 1969; P. nais (Townes, 1945) P. n e re i s (Townes, 1945); P. n i x e (Townes, 1945); P. undine (Townes, 1945); P. w i n n e l l i Jackson, 1977.

Afrotropical region (6 species, see Freeman & Cranston 1980): P. b r i n c k i (Freeman, 1957); P. g r a m i n i - color (Kieffer, 1925); P. melutense (Freeman, 1957); P. pullatum (Freeman, 1957); P. re i d i (Freeman, 1957); P. rhodesianum (Kieffer, 1923).

Oriental region (3 species, see Chaudhuri et al. 2001): P. a r a t r u m Chaudhuri et Chattopadhyay, 1990; P. diutinistylum Dutta et Chaudhuri, 1996; P. sacculiferum Chaudhuri et Chattopadhyay, 1990. Australasian region (1 species, see Cranston & Martin 1989): P. angustum (Freeman, 1961). Male diagnosis: As in Cranston et al. (1989) with the following corrections: wing length 1.0–3.3 mm; AR 1.1–3.0; frontal tubercles usually present, occasionally absent; inferior volsella bearing long setae, setae occasionally absent.

Ecology: Larvae of Paracladopelma occur in sandy substrata in rivers, streams and lakes.

Other

Published as part of Yan, Chuncai, Jin, Zhaohui & Wang, Xinhua, 2008, Paracladopelma Harnisch from the Sino-Indian Region (Diptera: Chironomidae), pp. 1-29 in Zootaxa 1934 on pages 2-3, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.184929

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Biodiversity

Family
Chironomidae
Genus
Paracladopelma
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Diptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Harnisch
Taxon rank
genus

References

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