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5 July 2017 Two gynandromorphic species of Polypedilum Kieffer, 1912 (Diptera: Chironomidae), with DNA barcodes from Oriental China
Chao Song, Wenbin Liu, Ruilei Zhang, Xinhua Wang
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Abstract

The first cases of gynandromorphy in the non-biting midge genus Polypedilum Kieffer, 1912 (Diptera: Chironomidae) are reported. Gynandromorphs of two species, P. (Tripodura) unifascium (Tokunaga, 1938) and P. (Uresipedilum) bingoparadoxum Kawai, Inoue & Imabayashi, 1998, from China are described and illustrated. They were determined through comparison of mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 DNA barcodes with those of determined Polypedilum adult males. Occurrence of gynandromorphs, which have a feminine head, thorax and abdomen, but a masculine hypopygium, in the Chironomidae is discussed.

Chao Song, Wenbin Liu, Ruilei Zhang, and Xinhua Wang "Two gynandromorphic species of Polypedilum Kieffer, 1912 (Diptera: Chironomidae), with DNA barcodes from Oriental China," The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 93(2), 95-104, (5 July 2017). https://doi.org/10.3956/2017-93.2.95
Received: 2 April 2016; Accepted: 1 April 2017; Published: 5 July 2017
KEYWORDS
morphological variation
systematics
taxonomy
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