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Orusa

Insecta - Diptera - Chironomidae

Taxonomy
Orusa was named by Lin (1980). Its type is Orusa barba.

It was assigned to Protendipedidae by Lin (1980); and to Chironomidae by Evenhuis (1994).

Species
O. barba (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Orusa Lin p. 227
1994Orusa Evenhuis

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
orderDiptera
suborderNematoceraLatreille 1825
familyChironomidaeMacquart 1838
genusOrusa

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.

G. †Orusa Lin 1980
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Orusa barba Lin 1980
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available