Species Atrichopogon atratus Kieffer, 1917
- Atrichopogon atratus Kieffer, J.J. 1917. Chironomides d'Australie conservés au Musée National Hongrois de Budapest. Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici (Zoologica) 15: 175-228 [184].
Type data:
Syntype(s) MNH 3♂ 4♀ (type series destroyed by fire, see Debenham, M.L. 1979. An Annotated Checklist and Bibliography of Australasian Region Ceratopogonidae (Diptera, Nematocera). Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service, Monograph 1 xiv 671 pp. [xiii]), NSW: Mount Victoria.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Cranston, P.S. & Martin, J. 1989. 26. Family Chironomidae. pp. 252-274 in Evenhuis, N.L. (ed.). Catalog of the Diptera of the Australasian and Oceanian Regions. Honolulu and Leiden : Bishop Museum Press and E.J. Brill 1155 pp.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW, Qld: NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: volant.
General References
Borkent, A. & Wirth, W.W. 1997. World species of biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History No. 233: 1-257 [27] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement rufiventris as valid species, but not accepted here as decision is based on inadequate evidence (colour of the abdomen of a single female from locality of A. atratus), <7046>)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 30-Mar-2012 | 30-Mar-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |