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Heterotrissocladius subpilosus Kieffer

Description

Heterotrissocladius subpilosus (Kieffer)

Orthocladius cinereipennis Lundström, 1915: 9, syn. n.

Dactylocladius subpilosus Kieffer in Kieffer & Lundbeck, 1911: 273? Orthocladius cinereipennis Lundström, 1910: 9.

Material examined. RUSSIA: New Siberian Islands, north coast, west of Cap Wosnessenje, 1 ɗ, 1 ɗ hypopygium, 1 Ψ, 16 (3) vii 1902, A. A. Birula.

Heterotrissocladius subpilosus has been redescribed by Saether (1975: 11). The type of Orthocladius cinereipennis Lundström, 1910, has not been examined. If it should turn out to be conspecific with H. subpilosus, and thus a senior synonym, a proposal for rejection of O. cinereipennis should be made to the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. H. subpilosus is such an important name in lake typology and in the history of chironomidology that it should be preserved.

Notes

Published as part of Saether, Ole A., 2004, The chironomids (Diptera, Chironomidae) described by Lundström (1915) from arctic Siberia, with a redescription of Derotanypus sibiricus (Kruglova & Chernovskii), pp. 1-35 in Zootaxa 595 on page 12, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.157906

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Chironomidae
Genus
Heterotrissocladius
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Diptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Kieffer
Species
subpilosus
Taxon rank
species

References

  • Lundstrom, C. (1915) Resultats scientifiques de lExpedition Polaire Russe en 1900 - 1903, sous la direction du Baron E. Toll. Section E: Zoologie. Volume II, livr. 8. Diptera Nematocera aus den arctischen Gegenden Sibiriens. Memoires de lAcademie Imperiale des Sciences, Classe Physico-Mathematique, VIII Serie, 29 (8), 1 - 33.
  • Lundstrom, C. (1910) Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Dipteren Finnlands. VI. Chironomidae. Acta Societas pro Fauna et Flora Fennica, 33, 1 - 46.
  • Saether, O. A. (1975) Nearctic and Palaearctic Heterotrissocladius (Diptera: Chironomidae). Bulletin of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada, 193, 1 - 67.