Tanypodinae
Description
Tanypodinae
Prior to the present study, Procladius cf. ruris Roback, 1971 and Ablabesmyia aspera (Roback, 1959) had not been recorded in Norway or Europe (Saether and Spies 2004). The two species are only represented in our samples by one male and one female, respectively (Fig. 1), but both cluster with conspecific males collected in Churchill, Manitoba, in a larger barcode dataset (not shown). More than 20 Nearctic and about 60 Palaearctic Procladius species have been described (Murray and Fittkau 1989; Roback 1971), but the long-needed revision of this genus might result in as many as 40 of the corresponding names falling as junior synonyms (Murray and Fittkau 1989). In the latter context, the identification of our specimen as P. ruris might change as well.
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Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Chironomidae
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Diptera
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Taxon rank
- subFamily
References
- Roback, S. S. (1971). The adults of the subfamily Tanypodinae (Pelopiinae) in North America (Diptera: Chironomidae). Monographs of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 17, 1 - 410.
- Saether, O. A., & Spies, M. (2004). Fauna Europaea: Chironomidae. In: H. de Jong (Ed.), Fauna Europaea: Diptera: Nematocera. Fauna Europaea version 1.2. http: // www. faunaeur. org /. Accessed 1 April 2010.
- Murray, D. A., & Fittkau, E. J. (1989). The adult males of Tanypodinae (Diptera: Chironomidae) of the Holarctic region - Keys and diagnoses. In: T. Wiederholm (Ed.), Chironomidae of the Holarctic region. Keys and diagnoses. Part 3 - Adult males (pp. 37 - 123). Entomologica scandinavica Supplement, 34.