For chironomid taxonomists out there who have been struggling with the genus Polypedilum in North America, your task has become a bit easier.
Dave Maschwitz's mid-1970's Ph.D. dissertation on Polypedilum has finally been published! To order this fine publication please read below:
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(Note: I am not affiliated with the Ohio Biological Survey; this is done as a "public service". Also note - this publication does not deal in any great detail with the subgenera Pentapedilum or Tripodura)
John H. Epler, Ph.D. (jhepler@concentric.net)
Systematic Entomologist
just south of Wakulla Springs, FL
Interested in chironomid midges or water beetles? Check out my page at http://www.concentric.net/~jhepler/index.html