Polypedilum (Polypedilum) tamanigrum Sasa 1983
- 1. Entomology Research Unit, Department of Zoology, The University of Burdwan, Burdwan, India & tuharmukherjeeofficial @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 9449 - 5985
- 2. Entomology Research Unit, Department of Zoology, The University of Burdwan, Burdwan, India & bindabdn @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 9792 - 7931
- 3. Entomology Research Unit, Department of Zoology, The University of Burdwan, Burdwan, India & hazra. niladri @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 8149 - 9445
Description
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) tamanigrum Sasa, 1983
GenBank accession no. MN637874
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) tamanigrum Sasa, 1983: 14.
Material examined. Holotype: Digital archive, National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo, Japan; 3 males labelled ‘ Polypedilum (P.) tamanigrum Sasa, 1983, West Bengal, Darjeeling, Takdah (27.03, 88.36), 05.vi.2019, Coll. D. Mondal’. Retrieval and examination of illustrations of three types including holotype from the digital archive of National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo, Japan.
Remarks (Figure 9). Examination of three Indian specimens along with the holotype retrieved from the digital archive of National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo, Japan and aligning the COX1 sequence in NCBI, it may be said that the present species fully conforms with those studied in this investigation with the following combination of characters: AR 0.65–0.68, DC 12–14, Sct 8–10, biserial, superior volsella 0.078 –0.081 mm long with middle outer lateral seta and two basal setae, and inferior volsella 0.093 –0.095 mm long with 8 apical setae. The sequence has showed ~1% divergence with MG949983.1 (Figure 9B).
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Chironomidae
- Genus
- Polypedilum
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Diptera
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Sasa
- Species
- tamanigrum
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Polypedilum (Polypedilum) tamanigrum Sasa, 1983 sec. Mukherjee, Mukherjee & Hazra, 2020
References
- Sasa, M. (1983) Studies on chironomid midges of the Tama River. Part 5. An observation on the distribution of Chironominae along the main stream in June, with description of 15 new species. Research Report from the National Institute for Environmental Studies, 43, 1 - 67.