Stenochironomus Kieffer 1919
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Genus Stenochironomus Kieffer, 1919
Revised diagnosis for the genus (adapted from Pinder & Reiss (1983), Borkent (1984), Pinder & Reiss (1986), Cranston et al. (1989)). Male: antepronotum reduced, scutum anteriorly projecting; tibial spurs fused; appendage 2 elongate with setae arranged along dorsal margin. Female: reduced antepronotum, scutum anteriorly projecting; tibial spurs fused. Pupa: respiratory organ with many branches and a non-bifurcating, robust, spinose horn; with or without spicules on abdominal T VII and VIII but, if present, spur on S VIII yellowish brown; pedes spurii B presente or absent. Fourth instar larva: head capsule dorsoventrally flattened; mandible with 2 ventral teeth, without seta interna; concave mentum with 10-12 teeth, lateral tooth dorsolateral to penultimate tooth; ventromental plates reduced.
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Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Kieffer
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Diptera
- Family
- Chironomidae
- Genus
- Stenochironomus
- Taxon rank
- genus
- Taxonomic concept label
- Stenochironomus Kieffer, 1919 sec. Dantas, Hamada & Mendes, 2016
References
- Kieffer, J. J. (1919) Chironomiden der Nordlichen Polarregion. Entomologische Mitteilungen, 8, 40 - 48.
- Pinder, L. C. V. (1983) The larvae of Chironomidae (Diptera) of the Holarctic region - Introduction. In: Wiederholm, T. (Ed.), Chironomidae of the Holarctic region. Keys and diagnoses. Part 1. Larvae. Entomologica scandinavica, Supplement, 19, 7 - 10.
- Borkent, A. (1984) The systematics and phylogeny of the Stenochironomus complex (Xestochironomus, Harrisius, and Stenochironomus) (Diptera: Chironomidae). Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada, 128, 1 - 269. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.4039 / entm 116128 fv
- Pinder L. C. V. (1986) The pupae of Chironomidae (Diptera) of the Holarctic region - Introduction. In: Wiederholm, T. (Ed.), Chironomidae of the Holarctic region. Keys and diagnoses. Part 2. Pupae. Entomologia scandinavica, Supplement, 28, 5 - 7.