Insecta - Diptera - Chironomidae
Synonyms: Palaeolycus Etheridge and Olliff 1890, Tendipes Meigen 1908
Full reference: J. W. Meigen. 1803. Versuch einer neuen Gattungseintheilung der europäischen zweiflügeligen Insekten. Magazin für Insektenkunde 2:259-281
Parent taxon: Chironomini according to G. Doitteau and A. Nel 2007
See also Aldrich 1905, Carpenter 1992, Etheridge and Olliff 1890, Evenhuis 1994, Evenhuis and Pape 2017, Kieffer 1906, Meigen 1908, Scudder 1878, Scudder 1890 and Theobald 1937
Sister taxa: Axarus, Cryptochironomus, Endochironomus, Glyptotendipes, Hintelmanniella, Paratendipes, Prolipiniella
Subtaxa: Chironomus (Chironomus) Chironomus abietarius Chironomus almelanderi Chironomus antiquus Chironomus aquisextanus Chironomus bituminosus Chironomus brevirostris Chironomus caliginosus Chironomus decrepitus Chironomus depletus Chironomus elegantulus Chironomus gaudini Chironomus haustus Chironomus inclusus Chironomus inglorius Chironomus lacunus Chironomus lacus Chironomus leucomelas Chironomus meticulosus Chironomus meunieri Chironomus meyeri Chironomus microcephalus Chironomus obsoletus Chironomus oeningensis Chironomus paludosus Chironomus patens Chironomus pausatus Chironomus pliocenicus Chironomus primaevus Chironomus pristinus Chironomus proterus Chironomus requiescens Chironomus scudderiellus Chironomus septus Chironomus sepultus Chironomus serresi Chironomus subobscurus Chironomus tenebricosus Chironomus tenebrosus Chironomus uliginosus Chironomus umbraticus Chironomus umbrosus Chironomus vagabundus Chironomus venerabilis
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Brazil (1 collection), Canada (2: Ontario), France (1), Greenland (2), Madagascar (1), Tanzania (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (1: Wisconsin)
• Blancan of United States (1: Texas)
• Pliocene of Australia (1), Japan (1)
• Miocene of Germany (3), New Zealand (1)
• Oligocene of France (4), Germany (3)
• Eocene of the Russian Federation (2), United States (10: Colorado, Wyoming)
Total: 36 collections including 69 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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