A new record and a redescription of Polypedilum pruina Freeman (Diptera: Chironomidae) with a key to Indian species associated with rice fields

Chattopadhyay, Sailesh

doi:10.11609/jott.zpj.15.3.217-20

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“…(Freeman 1957), and that was captured in Italy in River Mincio (Mantova lakes). About Polypedilum (Tripodura) pruina Freeman, 1954, it is of interest to emphasize that it was considered a valid species and not a junior synonym of P. (T.) aegyptium (Chattopadhyay 2000); if accepted as a valid species, P. (T.) pruina should be an Oriental species but could be present also in Italy. Another species with an interesting distribution is Polypedilum nubifer, apparently originating in the Australian region, but now present almost worldwide, except in the Afrotropical and Neotropical regions.…”

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An updated list of chironomid species from Italy with biogeographic considerations (Diptera, Chironomidae)

Rossaro¹,

Pirola²,

Marziali³

et al. 2019

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In a first list of chironomid species from Italy from 1988, 359 species were recognized. The subfamilies represented were Tanypodinae, Diamesinae, Prodiamesinae, Orthocladiinae and Chironominae. Most of the species were cited as widely distributed in the Palearctic region with few Mediterranean (6), Afrotropical (19) or Panpaleotropical (3) species. The list also included five species previously considered Nearctic. An updated list was thereafter prepared and the number of species raised to 391. Species new to science were added in the following years further raising the number of known species. The list of species known to occur in Italy is now updated to 580, and supported by voucher specimens. Most species have a Palearctic distribution, but many species are distributed in other biogeographical regions; 366 species are in common with the East Palaearctic region, 281 with the Near East, 248 with North Africa, 213 with the Nearctic, 104 with the Oriental, 23 species with the Neotropical, 23 with the Afrotropical, 16 with the Australian region, and 46 species at present are known to occur only in Italy. On the basis of new findings in Italy and in nearby areas it is stated that the knowledge of chironomid fauna is still incomplete.

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