Stictochironomus obscurus ( Guha and Chaudhuri, 1983 )

Mukherjee, Tuhar, Mukherjee, Bindarika & Hazra, Niladri, 2020, Revision of the Oriental species of Polypedilum Kieffer (Diptera: Chironomidae) with their phylogenetic relationship, Zootaxa 4820 (1), pp. 31-69 : 51

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4820.1.3
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scientific name	Stictochironomus obscurus ( Guha and Chaudhuri, 1983 )
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Stictochironomus obscurus ( Guha and Chaudhuri, 1983)

Polypedilum obscurum Guha and Chaudhuri, 1983: 637 View in CoL

Stictochironomus obscurus (Guha and Chaudhuri) : Chaudhuri and Chattopadhyay, 1990: 165.

Polypedilum aduncum Konar and Hazra, 2017: 276 Syn. n.

Material examined. Paratypes 2 males labelled ‘ Polypedilum obscurum Guha and Chaudhuri , India, West Bengal, Burdwan (23.24, 87.84), 23.x.1979, Coll. M. Ghosh’ ; 3 males with larval and pupal exuviae [reared] labelled ‘ Polypedilum obscurum Guha and Chaudhuri , India, West Bengal, Burdwan (23.24, 87.84), 30.v.1986, Coll. S. Chattopadhyay’ ; 4 males with larval and pupal exuviae [reared] labelled ‘ Polypedilum aduncum Konar and Hazra , India, West Bengal, Parui village (23.33, 87.94), 10.v.2015, Coll. S. Konar’ ; 1 male labelled ‘ Polypedilum aduncum Konar and Hazra , India, West Bengal, Kestopur village (23.24, 87.85), 20.x.2015, Coll. S. Konar’ .

Remarks. Chaudhuri and Chattopadhyay, 1990 transferred the species in the genus Stictochironomus Kieffer. In the present study we consider Polypedilum (P.) aduncum Konar and Hazra, 2017 is a junior synonym of Stictochironomus obscurus (Guha and Chaudhuri) .