A new desiccation-resistant midge from ephemeral rock pools in South Africa, Polypedilum (Pentapedilum) cranstoni sp. nov. (Diptera: Chironomidae).

Autor:	Cornette R; 421-15 Kamiyokoba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0854 JAPAN. . cornette1@mac.com., Motitsoe SN; Department of Zoology and Entomology, Rhodes University, PO Box 94, Makhanda (Grahamstown) 6140, South Africa. 3Centre for Biological Control, Department of Zoology and Entomology, Rhodes University, PO Box 94, Makhanda (Grahamstown) 6140, South Africa. . s.motitsoe@ru.ac.za., Mlambo MC; Department of Zoology and Entomology, Rhodes University, PO Box 94, Makhanda (Grahamstown) 6140, South Africa. Department of Freshwater Invertebrates, Albany Museum, Makhanda (Grahamstown) 6140, South Africa. . musa.mlambo@gmail.com.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Zootaxa [Zootaxa] 2022 Apr 21; Vol. 5128 (3), pp. 397-410. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Apr 21.
DOI:	10.11646/zootaxa.5128.3.5
Abstrakt:	One newly described species of Chironomidae, Polypedilum (Pentapedilum) cranstoni sp. nov., was discovered in ephemeral rock pools from the Maloti-Drakensberg mountains in South Africa. Desiccation-resistant larvae were obtained from bottom sediments of rock pools that had been dry for the previous several months. After rehydration, ex situ adults emerged and were collected. The morphology and diagnostic characters of the new species (male and female adults) are described here together with an analysis based on their COI gene sequence.
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