Insecta - Diptera - Chironomidae

Synonyms: Chironomus problematicus Etheridge and Olliff 1890, Palaeolycus problematicus Etheridge and Olliff 1890

Full reference: R. Etheridge and A. S. Olliff. 1890. The Mesozoic and Tertiary insects of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of New South Wales, Palaeontology 7:1-12

Belongs to Chironomus according to P. J. Ashe et al. 2024

See also Etheridge and Olliff 1890 and Evenhuis 1994

Sister taxa: 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 kirklandi, Chironomus lacunus, Chironomus lacus, Chironomus leucomelas, Chironomus meticulosus, Chironomus meunieri, Chironomus meyeri, Chironomus microcephalus, Chironomus obsoletus, Chironomus obtusus, Chironomus oeningensis, Chironomus paludosus, Chironomus patens, Chironomus pausatus, Chironomus pliocenicus, Chironomus primaevus, Chironomus primitivus, 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

Type specimens:

• Chironomus venerabilis: Its type locality is Fox and Partridge's claim, Red Hill, near Emmaville, which is in a Pliocene pond ironstone in Australia
• Palaeolycus problematicus: Its type locality is Fox and Partridge's claim, Red Hill, near Emmaville, which is in a Pliocene pond ironstone in Australia.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Fox and Partridge's claim, Red Hill, near Emmaville

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