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Paracladopelma nigritulum Goetghebuer

Description

Paracladopelma nigritulum (Goetghebuer)

Chironomus (Cryptochironomus) nigritulus Goetghebuer, 1942: 3.

Paracladopelma nigritula (Goetghebuer); Lenz (1959: 440); Jackson (1977: 1330); Makarchenko et al. (2005: 411). Paracladopelma nigritulum (Goetghebuer); Spies and Saether (2004: 12); Zorina (2006: 40). Chironomus (Chironomus) claripennis Edwards, 1929: 387.

Tendipes (Cryptochironomus) claripennis (Edwards); Goetghebuer (1937 –1954: 35). Paracladopelma obscura Brundin, 1949: 763; Reiss (1968: 203); Pinder (1978: 132).

The species is described in detail by Jackson (1977: 1330, fig. 1) and Zorina (2006: 40, figs 20–21). For diagnostic characters see key.

Distribution. The species has a Palaearctic distribution. In the Sino-Indian Region the species is recorded from the Russian Far East.

Notes

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 page 22, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.184929

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Goetghebuer
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Diptera
Family
Chironomidae
Genus
Paracladopelma
Species
nigritulum
Taxon rank
species

References

  • Goetghebuer, M. (1942) Ceratopogonidae et Chironomidae nouveaux ou peu connus d'Europe (11 e note). Bulletin du Musee royal d'Histoire naturelle de Belgique, 18, 1 - 16.
  • Lenz, F. (1959) Zur Metamorphose und Okologie der Tendipediden-Gattung Paracladopelma. Archiv fur Hydrobiologie, 55 (3), 429 - 449.
  • Jackson, G. A. (1977) Nearctic and Palaearctic Paracladopelma Harnisch and Saetheria n. gen. (Diptera: Chironomidae). Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada, 34 (9), 1321 - 1359.
  • Makarchenko, E. A., Makarchenko, M. A., Zorina, O. V. & Sergeeva, I. V. (2005) Preliminary data on fauna and taxonomy of chironomids (Diptera, Chironomidae) of the Russian Far East. Vladimir Ya. Levanidov's Biennial Memorial Meetings, Vol. 3. Dal'nauka, Vladivostok, pp. 394 - 420.
  • Spies, M. & Saether, O. A. (2004) Notes and recommendations on taxonomy and nomenclature of Chironomidae (Diptera). Zootaxa, 752, 1 - 90.
  • Zorina, O. V. (2006) Non-biting midges of the genus Paracladopelma Harnisch (Diptera: Chironomidae) from the Russian Far East. Zootaxa, 1134, 29 - 49.
  • Edwards, F. W. (1929) British non-biting midges (Diptera: Chironomidae). Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London, 77, 279 - 439.
  • Goetghebuer, M. (1937 - 1954) Tendipedidae (Chironomidae). b. Subfamilie Tendipedinae (Chironominae). A. Die Imagines. In: Lindner, E. (Ed.), Die Fliegen der Palaearktischen Region. 3 (13 c). E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Stuttgart, pp. 1 - 138.
  • Brundin, L. (1949) Chironomiden und andere Bodentiere der sudschwedischen Urgebirgsseen. Ein Beitrag zur Kenntnis der bodenfaunistischen Charakterzuge schwedischer oligotropher Seen. Reports from the Institute of Freshwater Research, Drottningholm, 30, 1 - 914.
  • Reiss, F. (1968) Okologische und systematische Untersuchungen an Chironomidae (Diptera) des Bodensees. Ein Beitrag zur lakustrischen Chironomidenfauna des nordlichen Alpenvorlandes. Archiv fur Hydrobiologie, 64, 176 - 323.
  • Pinder, L. C. V. (1978) A key to adult males of British Chironomidae. Freshwater Biological Association Scientific Publication, 37, 1 - 169.