A new putatively cryptobiotic midge, Polypedilum ovahimba sp. nov. (Diptera: Chironomidae), from southern Africa
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2014
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Cranston, Peter
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Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia
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A second species of Polypedilum (Diptera: Chironomidae) is inferred to tolerate desiccation in an African rock pool habitat similar to the well-known anhydrobiotic Polypedilum vanderplankiHinton. The species, Polypedilum ovahimba sp. nov., is described and illustrated as new to science from Namibia.
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Keywords: Chironomidae; Diptera; Polypedilum Anhydrobiosis; Cryptobiosis; New species; Taxonomy
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Austral Entomology
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