Paraphrotenia excellens

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: Paraphrotenia
Species: Paraphrotenia excellens

Name

• Paraphrotenia excellens Brundin, 1966: 354
  • Authority for current placement: original
    • undisputed by all subsequent authorities
  • Original genus: Paraphrotenia Brundin, 1966
  • Original status: valid species
  • Primary type: holotype
    • Fixation: designated
    • Description: [adult] male
    • Repository: 'Mus. Stockholm'
  • Type locality: 'Arroyo Lopez, a torrent coming from the snow fields on Cerro Lopez, about 25 km W of Bariloche, Nahuel Huapi Nat. Park, Prov. Rio Negro, ARGENTINA'

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.