Stenochironomus brevissimus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Chironomoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Antliophora Ordo: Diptera Subordo: Nematocera Infraordo: Culicomorpha Superfamilia: Chironomoidea

Familia: Chironomidae
Subfamilia: Chironominae
Tribus: Chironomini
Genus: Stenochironomus
Species: Stenochironomus brevissimus

Name

Stenochironomus brevissimus Qi, Lin, Liu & Wang, 2015: 111, figs. 1−10

• Holotype: College of Life Science, Taizhou University, China, ♂, 19.iv.2012, leg. XL Lin, sweep net.

• Type locality: CHINA, Zhejiang, Quzhou City, Hunan County.

• Etymology: The specific epithet is a Latin adjective “brevissimus”, meaning the shortest, and refers to the superior volsella, which is the shortest in the genus.

References

• Qi, X.; Lin, X.L.; Liu, Y.D.; Wang, X.H., Two new species of Stenochironomus Kieffer (Diptera, Chironomidae) from Zhejiang, China. ZooKeys 479: 109–119. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.479.8364Reference page.  [original description: p. 111, figs. 1−10]