Microtendipes Kieffer, 1915
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Genus Microtendipes Kieffer, 1915
Microtendipes Kieffer, 1915: 70; Pinder 1978: 128; Qi and Wang 2006: 37.
Type species.
Tendipes abbreviatus Kieffer, 1913 [= Chironomus chloris (Meigen, 1818)]
Diagnosis.
Most males of Microtendipes can be distinguished from all other Chironomini by one or two rows of stout, proximally directed setae on the fore femur. Additionally, the hypopygium of some species generally has a tubercle or wart-shaped median volsella often bearing a tuft of long setae. Species without the above characters require association with immature stages for correct placement in the genus; moreover, Microtendipes can be divisible into two species-groups (pedellus group and rydalensis group) with recourse to immature stages. The characters of larva are as follows: the body is large, red to orange coloured, up to 15 mm long; the antenna has 6 segments; the lauterborn organs alternate on apices of segments 2 and 3; the mandible has 3 inner teeth; the median trifid is either pale or as dark as remaining teeth with very small median tooth (maybe absent); the lateral and ventral tubules are absent.
Distribution.
Palaearctic, Oriental, Nearctic, Neotropical and Australian regions.
A catalogue of Microtendipes in Oriental Region
Microtendipes angustus Qi & Wang, 2006
Microtendipes angustus Qi & Wang, 2006: 38.
Oriental China (Fujian, Guizhou Province).
Microtendipes britteni (Edwards, 1929)
Chironomus (Microtendipes) britteni Edwards, 1929b: 399.
Microtendipes britteni (Edwards): Pinder 1978: 128; Wang 2000: 645; Qi and Wang 2006: 40; Qi and Wang 2010: 497.
Oriental China (Guangdong, Guizhou, Zhejiang Province)
Microtendipes chloris (Meigen, 1818)
Chironomus chloris Meigen, 1818: 28
Microtendipes chlor is (Meigen): Pinder 1978: 128; Qi and Wang 2010: 497.
Oriental China (Zhejiang Province)
Microtendipes dimidiatus (Kieffer, 1921)
Chironomus (Microtendipes) dimidiatus Kieffer, 1921: 581
Oriental China (Taiwan Province)
Microtendipes iriocedeus Sasa & Suzuki, 2000
Microtendipes iriocedeus Sasa & Suzuki, 2000: 3, 12.
Southwestern Japan (Iriomote Island)
Microtendipes pedellus (De Geer, 1776)
Tipula pedellus De Geer, 1776: 378
Chironomus aberrans Johannsen, 1905: 221
Microtendipes pedellus (De Geer): Edwards 1929b: 397; Wang 2000: 645; Qi and Wang 2006: 41.
Oriental China (Guizhou, Zhejiang Province); South India
Microtendipes quasicauducas Qi & Wang, 2006
Microtendipes quasicauducas Qi & Wang, 2006: 41.
Oriental China (Fujian Province)
Microtendipes schuecki Reiss, 1997
Microtendipes schuecki Reiss, 1997: 271.
Thailand (DoI Inthanon)
Microtendipes tobaquintus Kikuchi & Sasa, 1990
Microtendipes tobaquintus Kikuchi & Sasa, 1990: 301.
Indonesia (Toba Lake)
Microtendipes truncatus Kawai & Sasa, 1985
Microtendipes truncatus Kawai & Sasa, 1985: 18; Qi and Wang 2006: 43.
Oriental China (Zhejiang, Fujian, Guizhou, Yunnan Province)
Microtendipes tuberosusQi & Wang, 2006
Microtendipes tuberosus Qi & Wang, 2006: 43.
Oriental China (Guangdong, Guizhou, Hainan Province)
Microtendipes yaanensis Qi & Wang, 2006
Microtendipes yaanensis Qi & Wang, 2006: 45; Qi and Wang 2010: 497.
Oriental China (Zhejiang, Sichuan Province)
Key to males of the genus Microtendipes in Oriental region#
# The record of Microtendipes dimidiatus was only based on female, so the key does not include it.
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