Polypedilum (Uresipedilum) bingoparadoxum Kawai, Inoue et Imabayashi, 1998

Yamamoto, Nao & Yamamoto, Masaru, 2018, Taxonomic information on some Japanese Chironomidae (Diptera) described by Dr. M. Sasa (†), Zootaxa 4514 (4), pp. 516-528 : 526

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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5973697
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scientific name	Polypedilum (Uresipedilum) bingoparadoxum Kawai, Inoue et Imabayashi, 1998
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Polypedilum (Uresipedilum) bingoparadoxum Kawai, Inoue et Imabayashi, 1998 View in CoL

Polypedilum (Uresipedilum) bingoparadoxum Kawai, Inoue et Imabayashi, 1998: 378 View in CoL .

Microtendipes iriocedeus Sasa et Suzuki, 2000a: 12 View in CoL . syn. n.

Polypedilum tsukubaense: Tang & Niitsuma, 2017: 550 View in CoL . misidentification.

S pecimen examined: Japan: Okinawa Pref. Ishigaki Is., Kuira River, holotype ♂ of Microtendipes iriocedeus View in CoL , 2. vii. 1999, H. Suzuki [specimen No. 385:34 (NSMT-I-Dip 5293)].

The following features are recognized in the holotype of Microtendipes iriocedeus : superior volsella robust, basal 1/2 sparsely covered with microtrichia, apical portion abruptly narrowed and hooked inwardly and anteriorly, basal portion with 2 inner setae and a dorsolateral seta inserted at about basal 1/3; anal point long and parallelsided, with pointed apex. These features and other morphological characters are quite identical to those of Polypedilum (Uresipedilum) bingoparadoxum .

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Diptera
Family	Chironomidae
Genus	Polypedilum