Pentapedilum
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Polypedilum sordens
Polypedilum sordens is a non-biting midge species in the family Chironomidae, originally described by van der Wulp in 1874 as Tanytarsus sordens. It belongs to the subgenus Pentapedilum and is the namesake of the 'sordens group,' a monophyletic clade of 13 species distributed across Asia, the Indo-Pacific, and Africa. The species has documented presence in Scandinavia (Denmark, Norway, Sweden).