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Chironomus aquisextanus

Insecta - Diptera - Chironomidae

Taxonomy
Chironomus aquisextanus was named by Theobald (1937). Its type specimen is Coll Inst. Geol. Lyon A 11, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Aix-en-Provence (Inst. Geol. Lyon), which is in a Chattian lacustrine - large limestone in the Niveau du gypse d'Aix Formation of France.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Chironomus aquisextanus Theobald p. 347 figs. Pl XXII fig 6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
orderDiptera
suborderNematoceraLatreille 1825
familyChironomidaeMacquart 1838
subfamilyChironominaeMacquart 1838
tribeChironominiMacquart 1838
genusChironomus
speciesaquisextanus

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 aquisextanus Theobald 1937
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Diagnosis
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