For chironomid taxonomists out there who have been struggling with the
genus Polypedilum in North America, your task has become a bit easier.
Dave Maschwitz's mid-1970's Ph.D. dissertation on Polypedilum has
finally been published!

To order this fine publication please read below:

Maschwitz, David E. and Edwin F. Cook. 2000. Revision of the Nearctic Species of the Genus Polypedilum Kieffer (Diptera: Chironomidae) in the Subgenera P. (Polypedilum) Kieffer and P. (Urespedilum) Oyewo and Saether. Ohio Biological Survey Bulletin (New Series) Volume 12 Number 3. vii + 135 p.

[ISBN 0-86727-130-2]

Order from: Ohio Biological Survey
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Phone: (614) 292-9645 FAX (614) 688-4322

Using: Personal check drawn on a U.S. Bank or in U.S.$$; MasterCard or
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Cost: $25.00 [Ohio residents add 5.75% sales tax]

Shipping: Within the US, shipping and handling is 10% of the order, with a minimum of $1.50; and for Canada and Mexico, 11%, with a minimum of $1.50; 15% of order for Europe and South America; 16% of order for Africa, Asia, and the South Pacific.

(Note: I am not affiliated with the Ohio Biological Survey; this is done
as a "public service".
Also note - this publication does not deal in any great detail with the
subgenera Pentapedilum or Tripodura)

John H. Epler, Ph.D. (jhepler@concentric.net)
Systematic Entomologist
just south of Wakulla Springs, FL
Interested in chironomid midges or water beetles?
Check out my page at http://www.concentric.net/~jhepler/index.html