Genus Austrochlus Cranston, Edward & Cook, 2002

Museums

Regional Maps

• Austrochlus Cranston, P.S. in Cranston, P.S., Edward, D.H.D. & Cook, L.G. 2002. New status, distribution records and phylogeny for Australian mandibulate Chironomidae (Diptera). Australian Journal of Entomology 41: 357-366 [362].

  Type species:

   Archaeochlus brundini Cranston, Edward & Colless, 1987 by original designation.
• Archaeochlus Brundin, L. 1966. Transantarctic relationships and their significance, as evidenced by chironomid midges, with a monograph of the subfamilies Podonominae and Aphroteniinae and the austral Heptagyiae. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Academiens Nya Handlingar, Stockholm 4 11(1): 1-416 [288].

  Type species:

   Archaeochlus drakensbergensis Brundin, 1966 by original designation.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Burt Plain (BRT), Channel Country (CHC), Central Ranges (CR), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Esperance Plains (ESP), Finke (FIN), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Jarrah Forest (JF), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL) ; WA: Carnarvon (CAR), Coolgardie (COO), Gascoyne (GAS)

Diagnosis

see paper

Diagnosis References

Cranston, P.S. in Cranston, P.S., Edward, D.H.D. & Cook, L.G. 2002. New status, distribution records and phylogeny for Australian mandibulate Chironomidae (Diptera). Australian Journal of Entomology 41: 357-366 [362, 364] (diagnosis; key to species)

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