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Conochironomus Freeman

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Conochironomus Freeman

Conochironomus Freeman, 1961 (Freeman 1961: 701, Cranston & Hare 1995). Sumatendipes Kikuchi & Sasa, 1990 (Kikuchi & Sasa 1990: 313). Type-species Sumatendipes tobaterdecimus Kikuchi & Sasa, 1990, by monotypy. Syn. n.

Type-species: Endochironomus acutistilus Freeman, 1955: 288, by original designation (Freeman 1955).

Other included species: C. australiensis Cranston & Hare, 1995; C. avicula (Freeman, 1955); C. cervus Cranston & Hare, 1995; C. cygnus Cranston & Hare, 1995; C. deemingi Cranston & Hare, 1995; C. kakadu Cranston & Hare, 1995; C. nuengthai sp. n.; C. sawngthai sp. n.; C. tobaterdecimus (Kikuchi & Sasa, 1990).

Notes

Published as part of Cranston, Peter S., 2016, Conochironomus (Diptera: Chironomidae) in Asia: new and redescribed species and vouchering issues, pp. 315-331 in Zootaxa 4109 (3) on page 316, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4109.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/259767

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Freeman
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Diptera
Family
Chironomidae
Genus
Conochironomus
Taxon rank
genus

References

  • Freeman, P. (1961) The Chironomidae (Diptera) of Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology, 9, 611 - 737. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1071 / ZO 9610611
  • Cranston, P. S. & Hare, L. (1995) Conochironomus Freeman: an Afro-Australian Chironomini genus revised (Diptera: Chironomidae). Systematic Entomology, 20, 247 - 264. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1365 - 3113.1995. tb 00096. x
  • Kikuchi, M. & Sasa, M. (1990) Studies on the chironomid midges (Diptera, Chironomidae) of the Lake Toba area, Sumatra, Indonesia. Japanese Journal of Sanitary Zoology, 41, 291 - 329.
  • Freeman, P. (1955) Contributions a I'etude de la faune entomologique du Ruanda-Urundi (Mission P. Basilewsky 1953). XXIX. Diptera Chironomidae. Annales du Musee Royale du Congo Belge, 36, 287 - 289.