Three new species of Polypedilum Kieffer (Diptera: Chironomidae) from Neotropical region

Abstract

Three new species of Polypedilum from Brazil, belonging to subgenera Tripodura and Pentapedilum are described and illustrated. P. (Pe.) puri sp. n. and P. (Tr.) guato sp. n. are described based on male adults and P. (Tr.) kadiweu sp. n. on male adult, pupa and larva.

A new invasive weed-feeding species of Polypedilum (Pentapedilum) Kieffer from South Africa (Diptera: Chironomidae, Chironominae)

“…A world revision of the subgenus was published by Oyewo and Saether (2008). Later, Tang et al (2014) have described the immature stages of Pentapedilum nodosum (Johannsen, 1932) and Pinho et al (2015) have published a new species from Brazil.…”