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Chironomus venerabilis

Insecta - Diptera - Chironomidae

Taxonomy
Chironomus venerabilis was named by Etheridge and Olliff (1890). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Fox and Partridge's claim, Red Hill, near Emmaville, which is in a Pliocene pond ironstone in Australia.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1890Chironomus venerabilis Etheridge and Olliff p. 7 figs. Pl 1, fig 2
1890Palaeolycus problematicus Etheridge and Olliff p. 11 figs. Pl 1, figs 10-14

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Panorpida
superorderAntliophora
orderDiptera
infraorderCulicomorpha
superfamilyChironomoideaMacquart 1838
familyChironomidaeMacquart 1838
subfamilyChironominaeMacquart 1838
tribeChironominiMacquart 1838
genusChironomus
speciesvenerabilis

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Chironomus venerabilis Etheridge and Olliff 1890
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Invalid names: Chironomus problematicus Etheridge and Olliff 1890 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Pliocene or 5.33300 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Australia (New South Wales) Chironomus venerabilis, Palaeolycus problematicus (type locality: 132306)