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#91
Various topics / Re: GENERAL INFORMATION
Last post by Martin Spies - December 08, 2021, 03:53:17 PM† Henk J. Vallenduuk
8 March 1943 - 6 November 2021
It is with increasing sadness that I have to report the third loss to our research community within just a few months.
At least here in Europe, many macroinvertebrate workers trying to identify chironomid larvae will remain grateful to Henk Vallenduuk for his long and laborious efforts to help with such tasks, e.g. by regularly performing individual larva-to-adult rearings and then publishing his findings in keys.
A memorial paper (in Dutch language) can be found at: https://www.helpdeskwater.nl/publish/pages/195829/macrofaunanieuwsmail-157-18-november-2021.pdf
8 March 1943 - 6 November 2021
It is with increasing sadness that I have to report the third loss to our research community within just a few months.
At least here in Europe, many macroinvertebrate workers trying to identify chironomid larvae will remain grateful to Henk Vallenduuk for his long and laborious efforts to help with such tasks, e.g. by regularly performing individual larva-to-adult rearings and then publishing his findings in keys.
A memorial paper (in Dutch language) can be found at: https://www.helpdeskwater.nl/publish/pages/195829/macrofaunanieuwsmail-157-18-november-2021.pdf
#92
Recently published / Re: Several subfamilies
Last post by Martin Spies - November 18, 2021, 03:15:24 PM2021
Mohammadi, H., Ghobari, H., Ghaderi, E., Fatehi, F., Salehi, H., Namayandeh, A. (2021) Chironomidae (Diptera: Insecta) of Qeshlagh River, Kurdistan: DNA and morphology reveal new genus, species, and faunistic records for Iran. J. zool. Syst. evol. Res. 59(7): 1416-1437 + online suppl. material. [includes proposals of Eraniella kurdistanensis gen. n., sp. n. (Orthocladiinae), Cricotopus (Cricotopus) hedayati sp. n., and Tanytarsus ronaki sp. n.]
Mohammadi, H., Ghobari, H., Ghaderi, E., Fatehi, F., Salehi, H., Namayandeh, A. (2021) Chironomidae (Diptera: Insecta) of Qeshlagh River, Kurdistan: DNA and morphology reveal new genus, species, and faunistic records for Iran. J. zool. Syst. evol. Res. 59(7): 1416-1437 + online suppl. material. [includes proposals of Eraniella kurdistanensis gen. n., sp. n. (Orthocladiinae), Cricotopus (Cricotopus) hedayati sp. n., and Tanytarsus ronaki sp. n.]
#93
Larvae / Re: Selected recent publicatio...
Last post by Martin Spies - October 11, 2021, 03:18:57 PM2021
Michailova, P., Ilkova, J., Kovalenko, P. A., Gorobchyshyn, V. A., Kozeretska, I. A., Convey, P. (2021) External morphology of larvae of Belgica antarctica Jacobs, 1900 (Diptera, Chironomidae) obtained from two locations in maritime Antarctica. Insects 12(9, paper 792): 11 pp.
Michailova, P., Ilkova, J., Kovalenko, P. A., Gorobchyshyn, V. A., Kozeretska, I. A., Convey, P. (2021) External morphology of larvae of Belgica antarctica Jacobs, 1900 (Diptera, Chironomidae) obtained from two locations in maritime Antarctica. Insects 12(9, paper 792): 11 pp.
#94
Established earlier / Re: Propsilocerus
Last post by Martin Spies - September 20, 2021, 11:45:34 AMNew evidence
Baranov, V. (2021) Propsilocerus Kieffer, 1923 shares morphological synapomorphies with Prodiamesinae. CHIRONOMUS J. Chironomidae Res. 34: 6 pp. [publd 19.ix.2021]. [https://www.ntnu.no/ojs/index.php/chironomus/article/view/4100/3753]
Baranov, V. (2021) Propsilocerus Kieffer, 1923 shares morphological synapomorphies with Prodiamesinae. CHIRONOMUS J. Chironomidae Res. 34: 6 pp. [publd 19.ix.2021]. [https://www.ntnu.no/ojs/index.php/chironomus/article/view/4100/3753]
#95
Various topics / Re: GENERAL INFORMATION
Last post by Martin Spies - September 14, 2021, 07:43:08 AM† Leonard Charles ('Len') Ferrington, Jr
28 July 1948 - 11 September 2021
Very sadly, we are having to bid farewell to yet another long-standing and distinguished member of our community, Len Ferrington, whose passing is an unexpected blow.
From Minnesota I have been sent links to two online notices,
a longer one (surely authorized by the family) https://www.holcombhenryboom.com/obituary/leonard-ferrington-jr
and a shorter one in a major newspaper https://www.startribune.com/obituaries/detail/0000402917/?fullname=dr-leonard-c-ferrington,-jr
ADDENDUM 31.xii.2021. Just published: Bouchard, R. W. Jr, Kranzfelder, P., Anderson, A. M. (2021) Leonard C. Ferrington, Jr. (1948-2021): Chironomid cognoscente and modern-day Renaissance man. CHIRONOMUS J. Chironomidae Res. 34: 51-66. https://www.ntnu.no/ojs/index.php/chironomus/article/view/4598/4189
28 July 1948 - 11 September 2021
Very sadly, we are having to bid farewell to yet another long-standing and distinguished member of our community, Len Ferrington, whose passing is an unexpected blow.
From Minnesota I have been sent links to two online notices,
a longer one (surely authorized by the family) https://www.holcombhenryboom.com/obituary/leonard-ferrington-jr
and a shorter one in a major newspaper https://www.startribune.com/obituaries/detail/0000402917/?fullname=dr-leonard-c-ferrington,-jr
ADDENDUM 31.xii.2021. Just published: Bouchard, R. W. Jr, Kranzfelder, P., Anderson, A. M. (2021) Leonard C. Ferrington, Jr. (1948-2021): Chironomid cognoscente and modern-day Renaissance man. CHIRONOMUS J. Chironomidae Res. 34: 51-66. https://www.ntnu.no/ojs/index.php/chironomus/article/view/4598/4189
#96
Various topics / Re: GENERAL INFORMATION
Last post by Martin Spies - September 14, 2021, 07:42:28 AM† L. C. (Clive) V. Pinder
6 December 1943 - 31 July 2021
Dear all,
sadly, the chironomid research community has lost another very influential and respected colleague, Clive Pinder, who passed away aged 77 in his adopted and beloved county of Dorset (UK).
In Dr. Pinder's honour, the CHIRONOMUS Journal of Chironomidae Research has just published an appreciation by Peter S. Cranston; please see https://www.ntnu.no/ojs/index.php/chironomus/article/view/4101/3752.
6 December 1943 - 31 July 2021
Dear all,
sadly, the chironomid research community has lost another very influential and respected colleague, Clive Pinder, who passed away aged 77 in his adopted and beloved county of Dorset (UK).
In Dr. Pinder's honour, the CHIRONOMUS Journal of Chironomidae Research has just published an appreciation by Peter S. Cranston; please see https://www.ntnu.no/ojs/index.php/chironomus/article/view/4101/3752.
#97
Recently published / Re: Tanypodinae - new taxa
Last post by Martin Spies - September 13, 2021, 02:41:05 PM2021
Cranston, P. S., Krosch, M. (2021) Dense, continent-wide, molecular and morphological sampling supports old and new taxa in Australian pentaneurine Tanypodinae (Diptera: Chironomidae). Austral Ent. 60(3): 486-504. [online 'Version of Record' publd 30.viii.2021]
Cranston, P. S., Krosch, M., Baker, A. M. (2021) Molecular evidence for deeper diversity in Australian Tanypodinae (Chironomidae): Yarrhpelopia and related new taxa. Zootaxa 4949(1): 001–023. [publd 24.iii.2021]
Duan, X., Chang, T., Jiao, K.-L., Wang, X.-H., Lin, X.-L. (2021) Monopelopia Fittkau, 1962, a newly recorded genus from Oriental China (Diptera, Chironomidae) with a description of Monopelopia zhengi Lin sp. n. Zootaxa 4980(2): 383-388. [publd 1.vi.2021]
Shimabukuro, E. M., Dantas, G. P. S., Lamas, C. J. E. (2021) A new madicolous species of Nilotanypus Kieffer (Diptera: Chironomidae) from Amazon region, northwestern Brazil. Zootaxa 4948(3): 431-438. [publd 22.iii.2021]
Cranston, P. S., Krosch, M. (2021) Dense, continent-wide, molecular and morphological sampling supports old and new taxa in Australian pentaneurine Tanypodinae (Diptera: Chironomidae). Austral Ent. 60(3): 486-504. [online 'Version of Record' publd 30.viii.2021]
Cranston, P. S., Krosch, M., Baker, A. M. (2021) Molecular evidence for deeper diversity in Australian Tanypodinae (Chironomidae): Yarrhpelopia and related new taxa. Zootaxa 4949(1): 001–023. [publd 24.iii.2021]
Duan, X., Chang, T., Jiao, K.-L., Wang, X.-H., Lin, X.-L. (2021) Monopelopia Fittkau, 1962, a newly recorded genus from Oriental China (Diptera, Chironomidae) with a description of Monopelopia zhengi Lin sp. n. Zootaxa 4980(2): 383-388. [publd 1.vi.2021]
Shimabukuro, E. M., Dantas, G. P. S., Lamas, C. J. E. (2021) A new madicolous species of Nilotanypus Kieffer (Diptera: Chironomidae) from Amazon region, northwestern Brazil. Zootaxa 4948(3): 431-438. [publd 22.iii.2021]
#98
Established earlier / Re: Keys
Last post by Martin Spies - July 31, 2021, 03:27:16 PM2020
Cuppen, H., Gresens, S. E., Tempelman, D. (2020) Description of the larvae of Cricotopus festivellus (Kieffer 1906) and Cricotopus diversus (Boesel 1983) with keys to discrimination of larval, pupal and adult stages (Diptera: Chironomidae). CHIRONOMUS J. Chironomidae Res. 33: 4-16. [publd online (25.ii.2020)]
Fu, Y., Wang, X.-H., Fang, X.-L., Xiao, Y.-L., Fu, J., Lin, X.-L. (2020) Corynoneura Winnertz (Diptera, Chironomidae, Orthocladiinae) from Zhejiang Province, China. Zootaxa 4890(1): 83-96. [publd 1.xii.2020]
Fu, Y., Wang, X.-H., Fang, X.-L., Xiao, Y.-L., Lin, X.-L. (2020) Thienemanniella dapanensis (Diptera : Chironomidae : Orthocladiinae), a new species from Zhejiang Province, China, and redescription of two Thienemanniella species. Annls zool. fenn. 57: 209-214. [publd online 29.ix.2020]
Konar, S., Majumdar, U. (2020) Two new species of the genus Glyptotendipes Kieffer (Diptera: Chironomidae: Chironominae) from West Bengal India. Oriental Insects 55(3): 386-399. [publd online 8.xi.2020, with issue pagin. 3.vii.2021]
Lin, X.-L., Yu, H.-J., Wang, Q., Bu, W.-J., Wang, X.-H. (2020) DNA barcodes and morphology confirm a new species of Rheocricotopus (Psilocricotopus) orientalis group (Diptera: Chironomidae). Zootaxa 4768(2): 282-290. [publd 1.v.2020]
Liu, W., Cao, W., Zhao, C., Yan, Ch. (2020) Parachaetocladius squamula (Diptera, Chironomidae, Orthocladiinae), a new species from China. Annls zool. fenn. 57: 145-149. [publd online 15.vi.2020]
Makarchenko, E. A., Hansen, D. C. (2020) Pagastia (P.) donoliveri sp. nov.—a new Nearctic alpine stream chironomid species (Diptera: Chironomidae: Diamesinae) from the Beartooth Mountains, Wyoming, U.S.A. Zootaxa 4755(1): 171-176. [publd 23.iii.2020]
Moubayed-Breil, J. (2020) Pseudorthocladius ledoarei sp. n., a crenophilous species occurring in a cold karstic stream from eastern France [Diptera, Chironomidae]. Ephemera 21(2): 71-82.
Mukherjee, B., Mukherjee, T., Hazra, N. (2020) A new species of the genus Cryptotendipes Beck et Beck, 1969 (Diptera: Chironomidae) from India, with a world key to the males and tentative phylogenetic relationship. Zootaxa 4896(2): 201-223. [publd 21.xii.2020]
Mukherjee, T., Mukherjee, B., Hazra, N. (2020) Revision of the Oriental species of Polypedilum Kieffer (Diptera: Chironomidae) with their phylogenetic relationship. Zootaxa 4820(1): 31-69. [publd 27.vii.2020]
Namayandeh, A., Moubayed, J., Ghaderi, E., Beresford, D. V. (2020) A review of the genera Georthocladius Strenzke, 1941 and Parachaetocladius Wülker, 1959 (Chironomidae, Orthocladiinae): new species descriptions, and keys based on the morphological characters of adult male. Polish J. Ent. 89(2): 59-80. [orig. publd with erroneous vol. nr "90"]
Pinho, L. C., Silva, F. L. da (2020) Description of two new species of Polypedilum (Asheum) and immature stages of Polypedilum (A.) curticaudatum (Diptera: Chironomidae). Zootaxa 4759(2): 179-190. [publd 2.iv.2020]
Polukonova et al. (2015); see the "2015" section above.
Tang, H., Niitsuma, H. (2020) Review of the genus Amnihayesomyia Niitsuma (Diptera: Chironomidae: Tanypodinae), with descriptions of three new species from China. Zootaxa 4743(3): 411-418. [publd 26.ii.2020]
Cuppen, H., Gresens, S. E., Tempelman, D. (2020) Description of the larvae of Cricotopus festivellus (Kieffer 1906) and Cricotopus diversus (Boesel 1983) with keys to discrimination of larval, pupal and adult stages (Diptera: Chironomidae). CHIRONOMUS J. Chironomidae Res. 33: 4-16. [publd online (25.ii.2020)]
Fu, Y., Wang, X.-H., Fang, X.-L., Xiao, Y.-L., Fu, J., Lin, X.-L. (2020) Corynoneura Winnertz (Diptera, Chironomidae, Orthocladiinae) from Zhejiang Province, China. Zootaxa 4890(1): 83-96. [publd 1.xii.2020]
Fu, Y., Wang, X.-H., Fang, X.-L., Xiao, Y.-L., Lin, X.-L. (2020) Thienemanniella dapanensis (Diptera : Chironomidae : Orthocladiinae), a new species from Zhejiang Province, China, and redescription of two Thienemanniella species. Annls zool. fenn. 57: 209-214. [publd online 29.ix.2020]
Konar, S., Majumdar, U. (2020) Two new species of the genus Glyptotendipes Kieffer (Diptera: Chironomidae: Chironominae) from West Bengal India. Oriental Insects 55(3): 386-399. [publd online 8.xi.2020, with issue pagin. 3.vii.2021]
Lin, X.-L., Yu, H.-J., Wang, Q., Bu, W.-J., Wang, X.-H. (2020) DNA barcodes and morphology confirm a new species of Rheocricotopus (Psilocricotopus) orientalis group (Diptera: Chironomidae). Zootaxa 4768(2): 282-290. [publd 1.v.2020]
Liu, W., Cao, W., Zhao, C., Yan, Ch. (2020) Parachaetocladius squamula (Diptera, Chironomidae, Orthocladiinae), a new species from China. Annls zool. fenn. 57: 145-149. [publd online 15.vi.2020]
Makarchenko, E. A., Hansen, D. C. (2020) Pagastia (P.) donoliveri sp. nov.—a new Nearctic alpine stream chironomid species (Diptera: Chironomidae: Diamesinae) from the Beartooth Mountains, Wyoming, U.S.A. Zootaxa 4755(1): 171-176. [publd 23.iii.2020]
Moubayed-Breil, J. (2020) Pseudorthocladius ledoarei sp. n., a crenophilous species occurring in a cold karstic stream from eastern France [Diptera, Chironomidae]. Ephemera 21(2): 71-82.
Mukherjee, B., Mukherjee, T., Hazra, N. (2020) A new species of the genus Cryptotendipes Beck et Beck, 1969 (Diptera: Chironomidae) from India, with a world key to the males and tentative phylogenetic relationship. Zootaxa 4896(2): 201-223. [publd 21.xii.2020]
Mukherjee, T., Mukherjee, B., Hazra, N. (2020) Revision of the Oriental species of Polypedilum Kieffer (Diptera: Chironomidae) with their phylogenetic relationship. Zootaxa 4820(1): 31-69. [publd 27.vii.2020]
Namayandeh, A., Moubayed, J., Ghaderi, E., Beresford, D. V. (2020) A review of the genera Georthocladius Strenzke, 1941 and Parachaetocladius Wülker, 1959 (Chironomidae, Orthocladiinae): new species descriptions, and keys based on the morphological characters of adult male. Polish J. Ent. 89(2): 59-80. [orig. publd with erroneous vol. nr "90"]
Pinho, L. C., Silva, F. L. da (2020) Description of two new species of Polypedilum (Asheum) and immature stages of Polypedilum (A.) curticaudatum (Diptera: Chironomidae). Zootaxa 4759(2): 179-190. [publd 2.iv.2020]
Polukonova et al. (2015); see the "2015" section above.
Tang, H., Niitsuma, H. (2020) Review of the genus Amnihayesomyia Niitsuma (Diptera: Chironomidae: Tanypodinae), with descriptions of three new species from China. Zootaxa 4743(3): 411-418. [publd 26.ii.2020]
#99
Recently published / Re: Chironominae - new taxa
Last post by Martin Spies - July 31, 2021, 03:25:18 PM2020
Baranov, V., Pinho, L. C., Roszkowska, M., Kaczmarek, L. (2020) New records of Polypedilum Kieffer, 1912 from Ecuador, with description of a new species (Diptera, Chironomidae). Spixiana 43(1): 127-136. [publd 10.xi.2020]
Belyanina, S. I., Filinkova, T. N. (2020) Morfologiya lichinki i kariotip Chironomus tschubarevae sp. n. (Diptera, Chironomidae) s poluostrova Yamal, Severnyi Ledovityi okean. (Larval morphology and kariotype[sic!] of Chironomus tschubarevae sp. n. (Chironomidae, Diptera) from the Yamal Peninsula, Arctic Ocean). Zool. Zh. 99(12): 1411-1414. [in Russian, with English abstract]
Cranston, P. S. (2020) Life histories of Paucispinigera Freeman, Paraborniella Freeman and Paratendipes Kieffer (Diptera: Chironomidae) with phylogenetic considerations. Zootaxa 4853(4): 527-547. [publd 24.ix.2020]
Dantas, G. P. S., Araujo, A. A. H., Hamada, N. (2020) A new species of Rheotanytarsus Thienemann & Bause (Diptera: Chironomidae) from Peruvian Andes, with updated key to South American species. Zootaxa 4722(2): 195-200. [publd 13.i.2020]
Han, W., Wei, J., Lin, X., Tang, H. (2020) The Afro–Oriental genus Yaeprimus Sasa et Suzuki (Diptera: Chironomidae: Chironomini): Phylogeny, new species and expanded diagnoses. Diversity 12(1, paper 31): 1-19. [publd 15.i.2020]
Konar, S., Majumdar, U. (2020) Two new species of the genus Glyptotendipes Kieffer (Diptera: Chironomidae: Chironominae) from West Bengal India. Oriental Insects 55(3): 386-399. [publd online 8.xi.2020, with issue pagin. 3.vii.2021]
Lin, X.-L., Yu, H.-J., Zhang, R.-L., Wang, X.-H. (2020) XIAO-LONG LIN, HAI-JUN YU, RUI-LEI ZHANG & XIN-HUA WANG (2019) Polypedilum (Cerobregma) heberti sp. n. (Diptera: Chironomidae) from Gaoligong Mountains, Yunnan, China. Zootaxa, 4571: 255–262. Zootaxa 4852(4): 500. [publd 17.ix.2020]
Moubayed-Breil, J. (2020) Polypedilum (Uresipedilum) bernardae sp. nov. and P. (Ur.) claudei sp. nov., two new species from eastern France [Diptera, Chironomidae]. Ephemera 21(2): 83-95. [CAUTION! Based on the information given in the paper, and on purported type material deposited at the ZSM - not least on the male hypopygia and antennae with 11 flagellomeres - it is beyond any reasonable doubt that the species do not belong to Polypedilum but to 'Einfeldia sensu lato'. Within the latter old grouping, which includes members of several current genus-level taxa (e.g. Benthalia, Chironomus (Lobochironomus), Einfeldia s. str.), the proposed species names are quite likely to end up as nothing but junior synonyms. The same applies to two names proposed for similar species in Moubayed-Breil & Langton (2020) and Moubayed & Langton (2022), respectively.]
Moubayed-Breil, J., Langton, P. (2020) Polypedilum (Uresipedilum) tissoti sp. n., a new species occurring in alkaline peat bogs and wet sedge meadows in north eastern France [Diptera, Chironomidae, Chironominae]. Ephemera 21(1): 1-10. [CAUTION! Based on the information given in the paper, and on purported type material deposited at the ZSM - not least on the male hypopygium and the antenna with 11 flagellomeres - it is beyond any reasonable doubt that the species does not belong to Polypedilum but to 'Einfeldia sensu lato'. Within the latter old grouping, which includes members of several current genus-level taxa (e.g. Benthalia, Chironomus (Lobochironomus), Einfeldia s. str.), the proposed species name is quite likely to end up as nothing but a junior synonym. The same applies to three similar species proposed in Moubayed-Breil (2020) and Moubayed & Langton (2022), respectively.
Mukherjee, B., Mukherjee, T., Hazra, N. (2020) A new species of the genus Cryptotendipes Beck et Beck, 1969 (Diptera: Chironomidae) from India, with a world key to the males and tentative phylogenetic relationship. Zootaxa 4896(2): 201-223. [publd 21.xii.2020]
Mukherjee, T., Mukherjee, B., Hazra, N. (2020) Revision of the Oriental species of Polypedilum Kieffer (Diptera: Chironomidae) with their phylogenetic relationship. Zootaxa 4820(1): 31-69. [publd 27.vii.2020]
Pinho, L. C., Silva, F. L. da (2020) Description of two new species of Polypedilum (Asheum) and immature stages of Polypedilum (A.) curticaudatum (Diptera: Chironomidae). Zootaxa 4759(2): 179-190. [publd 2.iv.2020]
Qi, X., Song, Ch., Ge, K., Wang, X. (2020) Polypedilum (Cerobregma) paracyclus sp. n., a new species from Oriental China (Diptera: Chironomidae). Zootaxa 4881(1): 189-195. [publd 18.xi.2020]
Song, Ch., Andersen, T., Yan, Ch., Qi, X., Wang, X. (2020) A new species of Cryptotendipes Beck & Beck, 1969 (Diptera: Chironomidae) from Hainan Island, Oriental China. Pan-Pacific Ent. 96(4): 253-257. [publd 30.xii.2020]
Song, Ch., Wang, X., Bu, W., Qi, X. (2020) Morphology lies: a case-in-point with a new non-biting midge species from Oriental China (Diptera, Chironomidae). ZooKeys 909: 67-77. [The species name proposed as new looks to be a junior synonym of Kiefferulus nodulosus (Hashimoto in Hashimoto et al., 1981).]
Baranov, V., Pinho, L. C., Roszkowska, M., Kaczmarek, L. (2020) New records of Polypedilum Kieffer, 1912 from Ecuador, with description of a new species (Diptera, Chironomidae). Spixiana 43(1): 127-136. [publd 10.xi.2020]
Belyanina, S. I., Filinkova, T. N. (2020) Morfologiya lichinki i kariotip Chironomus tschubarevae sp. n. (Diptera, Chironomidae) s poluostrova Yamal, Severnyi Ledovityi okean. (Larval morphology and kariotype[sic!] of Chironomus tschubarevae sp. n. (Chironomidae, Diptera) from the Yamal Peninsula, Arctic Ocean). Zool. Zh. 99(12): 1411-1414. [in Russian, with English abstract]
Cranston, P. S. (2020) Life histories of Paucispinigera Freeman, Paraborniella Freeman and Paratendipes Kieffer (Diptera: Chironomidae) with phylogenetic considerations. Zootaxa 4853(4): 527-547. [publd 24.ix.2020]
Dantas, G. P. S., Araujo, A. A. H., Hamada, N. (2020) A new species of Rheotanytarsus Thienemann & Bause (Diptera: Chironomidae) from Peruvian Andes, with updated key to South American species. Zootaxa 4722(2): 195-200. [publd 13.i.2020]
Han, W., Wei, J., Lin, X., Tang, H. (2020) The Afro–Oriental genus Yaeprimus Sasa et Suzuki (Diptera: Chironomidae: Chironomini): Phylogeny, new species and expanded diagnoses. Diversity 12(1, paper 31): 1-19. [publd 15.i.2020]
Konar, S., Majumdar, U. (2020) Two new species of the genus Glyptotendipes Kieffer (Diptera: Chironomidae: Chironominae) from West Bengal India. Oriental Insects 55(3): 386-399. [publd online 8.xi.2020, with issue pagin. 3.vii.2021]
Lin, X.-L., Yu, H.-J., Zhang, R.-L., Wang, X.-H. (2020) XIAO-LONG LIN, HAI-JUN YU, RUI-LEI ZHANG & XIN-HUA WANG (2019) Polypedilum (Cerobregma) heberti sp. n. (Diptera: Chironomidae) from Gaoligong Mountains, Yunnan, China. Zootaxa, 4571: 255–262. Zootaxa 4852(4): 500. [publd 17.ix.2020]
Moubayed-Breil, J. (2020) Polypedilum (Uresipedilum) bernardae sp. nov. and P. (Ur.) claudei sp. nov., two new species from eastern France [Diptera, Chironomidae]. Ephemera 21(2): 83-95. [CAUTION! Based on the information given in the paper, and on purported type material deposited at the ZSM - not least on the male hypopygia and antennae with 11 flagellomeres - it is beyond any reasonable doubt that the species do not belong to Polypedilum but to 'Einfeldia sensu lato'. Within the latter old grouping, which includes members of several current genus-level taxa (e.g. Benthalia, Chironomus (Lobochironomus), Einfeldia s. str.), the proposed species names are quite likely to end up as nothing but junior synonyms. The same applies to two names proposed for similar species in Moubayed-Breil & Langton (2020) and Moubayed & Langton (2022), respectively.]
Moubayed-Breil, J., Langton, P. (2020) Polypedilum (Uresipedilum) tissoti sp. n., a new species occurring in alkaline peat bogs and wet sedge meadows in north eastern France [Diptera, Chironomidae, Chironominae]. Ephemera 21(1): 1-10. [CAUTION! Based on the information given in the paper, and on purported type material deposited at the ZSM - not least on the male hypopygium and the antenna with 11 flagellomeres - it is beyond any reasonable doubt that the species does not belong to Polypedilum but to 'Einfeldia sensu lato'. Within the latter old grouping, which includes members of several current genus-level taxa (e.g. Benthalia, Chironomus (Lobochironomus), Einfeldia s. str.), the proposed species name is quite likely to end up as nothing but a junior synonym. The same applies to three similar species proposed in Moubayed-Breil (2020) and Moubayed & Langton (2022), respectively.
Mukherjee, B., Mukherjee, T., Hazra, N. (2020) A new species of the genus Cryptotendipes Beck et Beck, 1969 (Diptera: Chironomidae) from India, with a world key to the males and tentative phylogenetic relationship. Zootaxa 4896(2): 201-223. [publd 21.xii.2020]
Mukherjee, T., Mukherjee, B., Hazra, N. (2020) Revision of the Oriental species of Polypedilum Kieffer (Diptera: Chironomidae) with their phylogenetic relationship. Zootaxa 4820(1): 31-69. [publd 27.vii.2020]
Pinho, L. C., Silva, F. L. da (2020) Description of two new species of Polypedilum (Asheum) and immature stages of Polypedilum (A.) curticaudatum (Diptera: Chironomidae). Zootaxa 4759(2): 179-190. [publd 2.iv.2020]
Qi, X., Song, Ch., Ge, K., Wang, X. (2020) Polypedilum (Cerobregma) paracyclus sp. n., a new species from Oriental China (Diptera: Chironomidae). Zootaxa 4881(1): 189-195. [publd 18.xi.2020]
Song, Ch., Andersen, T., Yan, Ch., Qi, X., Wang, X. (2020) A new species of Cryptotendipes Beck & Beck, 1969 (Diptera: Chironomidae) from Hainan Island, Oriental China. Pan-Pacific Ent. 96(4): 253-257. [publd 30.xii.2020]
Song, Ch., Wang, X., Bu, W., Qi, X. (2020) Morphology lies: a case-in-point with a new non-biting midge species from Oriental China (Diptera, Chironomidae). ZooKeys 909: 67-77. [The species name proposed as new looks to be a junior synonym of Kiefferulus nodulosus (Hashimoto in Hashimoto et al., 1981).]
#100
Microscopy, micro-photography / Re: Specimens in fluid
Last post by Martin Spies - July 13, 2021, 12:58:32 PMPublications up until 2021
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Wanke, D., Bigalk, S., Krogmann, L., Wendt, I., Rajaei, H. (2019) The Fixator—A simple method for mounting of arthropod specimens and photography of complex structures in liquid. Zootaxa 4657(2): 385-391.
Wanke, D., Ulmer, J. M., Wendt, I., Rajaei, H. (2021) Updates on the Fixator—Facilitating the investigation, mounting, and photography of structures and specimens in liquid. Zootaxa 4999(4): 397-400.
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Wanke, D., Bigalk, S., Krogmann, L., Wendt, I., Rajaei, H. (2019) The Fixator—A simple method for mounting of arthropod specimens and photography of complex structures in liquid. Zootaxa 4657(2): 385-391.
Wanke, D., Ulmer, J. M., Wendt, I., Rajaei, H. (2021) Updates on the Fixator—Facilitating the investigation, mounting, and photography of structures and specimens in liquid. Zootaxa 4999(4): 397-400.