Insecta - Diptera - Chironomidae

Synonym: Chironomus sepultus Melander 1949 [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 Melander 1949

Sister taxa: Chironomus (Chironomus), Chironomus abietarius, 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: found only at Florissant (AMNH Collection) (Eocene of Colorado)

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