Maoridiamesa insularis

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: Diamesinae
Tribus: Heptagyiini
Genus: Maoridiamesa
Species: Maoridiamesa insularis

Name

• Maoridiamesa insularis Brundin, 1966: 414
  • Original status: valid species
  • Primary type: holotype
    • Fixation: designated [and possibly unique, if 'additional material seen' is interpreted as having been excluded from type series]
    • Description: [adult] male
    • Repository: NZAC, as 'Ent. Div., D.S.I.R., Nelson, N.Z.'
  • Type locality: 'Tucker Cove, CAMPBELL ISLAND, 52˚33'S. Lat., about 640 km S of South Island, New Zealand'

References

• Brundin, L. 1966. Transantarctic relationships and their significance, as evidenced by chironomid midges with a monograph of the subfamilies Podonominae and Aphroteniinae and the austral Heptagyiae. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskapsacademiens Handlingar series 4, 11(1):1–472. Reference page. 
• Sublette, J.E.; Wirth, W.W. 1980: The Chironomidae and Ceratopogonidae (Diptera) of New Zealand's subantarctic islands. New Zealand journal of zoology, 7: 299–378. Google books BUGZ