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. J. Ashe et al. 2024
See also Arnaud 1966 and 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 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, Chironomus venerabilis
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Florissant (AMNH Collection) (Eocene of Colorado)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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