Pentaneurini

Belongs within: Chironomidae.

The Pentaneurini are a tribe of non-biting midges with a reduced costal vein and cylindrical to comb-like tibial spurs (Oliver 1981).

Characters (from Oliver 1981): Wing with C not produced past R₄₊₅ or produced by less than length of crossvein r-m; cubital fork proximal to or opposite crossvein m-cu. Postanepisternal and katepisternal setae usually absent; postnotal setae always absent. Tibial spurs of hind leg cylindrical to comb-like.

<==PentaneuriniO81
    |--Xenopelopia tinctaO81
    |--ArctopelopiaO81
    |--Cantopelopia gestaO81
    |--Nilotanypus fimbriatusO81
    |--GuttipelopiaO81
    |--Trissopelopia ogemawiO81
    |--Zavrelimyia bifasciataO81
    |--Krenopelopia nardaO81
    |--Monopelopia boliekaeO81
    |--Labrundinia longipalpisO81, SA09
    |--Helopelopia cornuticaudataSA09
    |--MeropelopiaSA09
    |--Hudsonimyia vittaria [=Pentaneura vittaria]SA09
    |--Denopelopia atria Roback & Rutter 1988SA09
    |--LarsiaO81
    |    |--L. albicepsPH10
    |    `--L. pallensO81
    |--ThienemannimyiaO81
    |    |--T. barberiSA09
    |    `--T. fuscicepsO81
    |--ParamerinaO81
    |    |--P. fasciataSA09
    |    `--P. smithaeSA09
    |--TelopelopiaO81
    |    |--T. fascigeraR86
    |    `--T. okobojiO81
    |--ConchapelopiaO81
    |    |--C. curraniO81
    |    |--C. goniodesO81
    |    `--C. pallensSA09
    |--Ablabesmyia Johannsen 1905O81, F61
    |    |--*A. monilis (Linnaeus 1758) [=Tipula monilis]F61
    |    |--A. cinctipesSA09
    |    |--A. costarricensisSA09
    |    |--A. hilli Freeman 1961F61
    |    `--A. notabilis (Skuse 1889) [=Isoplastus notabilis]F61
    `--Pentaneura Philippi 1865 [incl. Isoplastus Skuse 1889 non Horn 1880]F61
         |--*P. grisea Philippi 1865F61
         |--P. formulosa (Skuse 1889)F61, S89 [=Isoplastus formulosusS89]
         |--P. levidensis (Skuse 1889) [=Isoplastus levidensis]F61
         |--P. parva Freeman 1961F61
         `--P. punctipennis Freeman 1961F61

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

[F61] Freeman, P. 1961. The Chironomidae (Diptera) of Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 9 (4): 611–735.

[O81] Oliver, D. R. 1981. Chironomidae. In: McAlpine, J. F., B. V. Peterson, G. E. Shewell, H. J. Teskey, J. R. Vockeroth & D. S. Wood (eds) Manual of Nearctic Diptera vol. 1 pp. 423–458. Research Branch, Agriculture Canada.

[PH10] Pinder, A. M., S. A. Halse, R. J. Shiel & J. M. McRae. 2010. An arid zone awash with diversity: patterns in the distribution of aquatic invertebrates in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 78 (1): 205–246.

[R86] Reiss, F. 1986. Erster Nachtrag zur Chironomidenfauna Bayerns (Diptera, Chironomidae). Spixiana 9 (2): 175–178.

[S89] Skuse, F. A. A. 1889. Diptera of Australia. Part VI.—The Chironomidae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, series 2, 4 (2): 215–311, pls 11–14.

[SA09] Spies, M., T. Andersen, J. H. Epler & C. N. Watson Jr. 2009. Chironomidae (non-biting midges). In: Brown, B. V., A. Borkent, J. M. Cumming, D. M. Wood, N. E. Woodley & M. A. Zumbado (eds) Manual of Central American Diptera vol. 1 pp. 437–480. NRC Research Press: Ottawa.