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Trissopelopia longimana Staeger

Description

Trissopelopia longimana (Staeger)

(Figs. 15–18)

Trissopelopia longimana (Staeger, 1839: 587) (as Tanypus); Fittkau (1962: 355–358, 361–364, Figs. 300–303). Trissopelopia oyabetrispinosa Sasa, Kawai et Ueno, 1988: 59 –60, Plate 20B. [Holotype 136: 092.] Syn. nov.

Sasa et al. (1988) listed "well developed pulvilli" and "poorly developed hind tibial comb" as diagnostic characters for Trissopelopia oyabetrispinosa. However, according to Murray and Fittkau (1989: 78), both characters are diagnostic for the genus Trissopelopia Kieffer. In Fittkau (1962: 359), T. oyabetrispinosa keys to T. longimana (Staeger), as it has dark brown thorax, indistinct vittae, abdominal tergites with anterior band, and AR = 2.02.

In their key to male Trissopelopia of the World, Cheng and Wang (2005b: 20) state in couplet 3 that the hind tibia of T. longimana has no "comb setae". According to Fittkau (1962: 357–358, Fig. 301), the hind tibial comb of T. longimana is composed of only three setae which are half as long as the width of the apex of tibia, and the comb thus can be difficult to observe. The hind tibial comb of T. oyabetrispinosa is the same as in T. longimana (Figs. 15–18).

Notes

Published as part of Kobayashi, Tadashi & Endo, Kazuo, 2008, Synonymic notes on some species of Chironomidae (Diptera) described by Dr. M. Sasa (†), pp. 49-64 in Zootaxa 1712 on page 55, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.180948

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Staeger
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Diptera
Family
Chironomidae
Genus
Trissopelopia
Species
longimana
Taxon rank
species

References

  • Staeger, C. (1839) Systematisk fortegnelse over de i Danmark hidtil fundne Diptera. Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift, 2, 549 - 600.
  • Fittkau, E. J. (1962) Die Tanypodinae (Diptera, Chironomidae). Die Tribus Anatopyniini, Macropelopiini und Pentaneurini. Abhandlungen zur Larvalsystematik der Insekten, 6, 1 - 453.
  • Sasa, M., Kawai, K. & Ueno, R. (1988) Studies on the chironomid midges of the Oyabe River, Toyama, Japan. Research Report from Toyama Prefectural Environmental Pollution Research Center, 1988, 26 - 85.
  • Murray, D. A. & Fittkau, E. J. (1989) The adult males of Tanypodinae (Diptera: Chironomidae) of the Holarctic region- Keys and diagnoses. In: Wiederholm, T. (Ed.), Chironomidae of the Holarctic region-Keys and diagnoses. Part 3. Adult males. Entomologica scandinavica, Supplement, 34, 37 - 124.
  • Cheng, M. & Wang, X. (2005 b) Two new species Trissopelopia Kieffer from China, with emendation of the generic diagnosis and a key to the adult male Trissopelopia of the world (Diptera: Chironomidae: Tanypodinae). Entomological News, 116 (1), 15 - 22.