Insecta - Diptera - Chironomidae
Alternative combination: Chironomus (Chironomus) kirklandi
Full reference: J. E. Sublette. 1969. Aquatic insects of the Rita Blanca lake deposits. Paleoecology of an early Pleistocene lake on the high plains of Texas. Geological Society of America Memoir 113:117-122
Belongs to Chironomus according to P. J. Ashe et al. 2024
See also Sublette 1969
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 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
Type specimen: USNM 66660, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Locality A, Mustang Draw, Rita Blanca Lake, which is in a Blancan lacustrine - large claystone in the Rita Blanca Formation of Texas.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Locality A, Mustang Draw, Rita Blanca Lake
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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