Pirara

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Chironomoidea
Main Page Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Ordo: Diptera Subordo: Nematocera Infraordo: Culicomorpha Superfamilia: Chironomoidea

Familia: Chironomidae
Subfamilia: Orthocladiinae
Genus: Pirara
Species: P. australiensis – P. matakiri

Name

Pirara Boothroyd & Cranston, 1995

Type species

• Pirara matakiri Boothroyd & Cranston, 1995, by original designation

References

• Boothroyd, I.K.G.; Cranston, P.S. 1995: Two Orthocladiinae (Chironomidae) genera common to New Zealand and Australia: Pirara n. gen. and Eukiefferiella Thienemann. Pp. 389-408 in Cranston, P.S. (ed.) Chironomids: from genes to ecosystems. CSIRO, Melbourne. PDF