Polypedilum (Pentapedilum) uncinatum (Goetghebuer, 1921)

Bitusik, Peter, Novikmec, Milan & Hamerlik, Ladislav, 2020, Chironomids (Insecta, Diptera, Chironomidae) from alpine lakes in the Eastern Carpathians with comments on newly-recorded species from Ukraine, Biodiversity Data Journal 8, pp. 49378-49378 : 49378

Polypedilum (Pentapedilum) uncinatum (Goetghebuer, 1921)

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: M. N.; individualCount: 5; lifeStage: pupal exuviae; occurrenceID: BDJ_13073_13; Location: country: Ukraine; locality: Svydovets, lake Geryshaska ; verbatimElevation: 1584; Event: eventDate: 26-06-19 Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: M. N.; individualCount: 1; lifeStage: pupal exuviae; occurrenceID: BDJ_13073_14; Location: country: Ukraine; locality: Svydovets, lake Vorozheska 2 ; verbatimElevation: 1477; Event: eventDate: 26-06-19

Distribution

Holarctic species recorded from a small number of European countries; however, its distribution from Scandinavia to Greece indicates its potential occurrence all over Europe.

Notes

The species belongs to typical chironomid generalists for temporary wetlands, with adaptation to survive dry periods in moist soil ( Dettinger-Klemm 2003).