A new species of Polypedilum Kieffer from bromeliads in Parque Nacional Cusuco, Honduras (Chironomidae: Chironominae)

Abstract

Polypedilum (P.) panacu sp. n. is described and illustrated based on all life-stages. The larva was collected from the leaf-axils of the bromeliad Tillandsia guatemalensis L.B. Smith in Cusuco National Park, Honduras and reared in the labora-tory. The male of the new species can be separated from the remaining Neotropical Polypedilum s. str. species by the spot-ted wings combined with the shape of the superior volsella and the number of setae on tergite IX; the female by the two dark spots on the anal part of the wings; the pupae on the presence of spinules on conjunctives III-IV, IV-V and V-VI and the larva on the shape of mentum and pecten epipharyngis. Copyright © 2011 · Magnolia Press;.