Insecta - Diptera - Chironomidae
Synonym: Chironomus sepultus Meunier 1912 [replaced name]
Full reference: P. H. Arnaud. 1966. New names for Chironomus sepultus Meunier, 1912 and C. sepultus Melander, 1949 (non Chironomus sepultus Heer, 1849) (Diptera: Chironomidae). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 42:161-162
Belongs to Chironomus according to P. H. Arnaud 1966
See also Meunier 1912 and Meunier 1912
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 lacunus, Chironomus lacus, Chironomus leucomelas, Chironomus meticulosus, 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: found only at Madagascar copal (Meunier collection) (Quaternary of Madagascar)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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