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Stenochironomus Kieffer 1919

Description

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.

Notes

Published as part of Dantas, Galileu P. S., Hamada, Neusa & Mendes, Humberto F., 2016, Contribution to the knowledge of Stenochironomus Kieffer (Diptera, Chironomidae) from Brazil: seven new species and description of females and immatures of some previously known species, pp. 1-47 in Zootaxa 4117 (1) on page 2, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4117.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/266257

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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.