Aphroteniella

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: Aphroteniinae
Genus: Aphroteniella
Species (2): A. filicornis – A. tenuicornis

Name

• Aphroteniella Brundin, 1966: 348
  • Authority for current placement: original
    • undisputed by all subsequent authorities
  • Gender: [feminine]
  • Original status: valid genus
  • Type species: Aphroteniella filicornis Brundin, 1966
    • Fixation: original designation [p. 348]

Synonyms

• Anaphrotenia Brundin, 1983
  • Authority for current placement: Cranston & Edward (1992: 42)
  • Type species: Anaphrotenia lacustris Brundin, 1983 [=Aphroteniella filicornis Brundin, 1966]
    • original designation

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. 
• Brundin, L. 1983: Two new aphrotenian larval types from Chile and Queensland, including Anaphrotenia lacustris n. gen., n. sp. (Diptera: Chironomidae). Entomologica scandinavica, 14: 415–433. DOI: 10.1163/187631283X00182
• Cranston, P.S.; Edward, D.H.D. 1992: A systematic reappraisal of the Australian Aphroteniinae (Diptera: Chironomidae) with dating from vicariance biogeography. Systematic entomology, 17: 41–54. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.1992.tb00319.x PDF

Links

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• Nomenclator Zoologicus