Subspecies Chironomus (Chironomus) oppositus oppositus Walker, 1856
- Chironomus oppositus Walker, F. 1856. Diptera. Part V. pp. 415–474 in, Insecta Saundersiana: or characters of undescribed insects in the collection of William Wilson Saunders, Esq., F.R.S., F.L.S., & c. London : Van Voorst Vol. 1. 474 pp. [425].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH ♂ adult, TAS (as Van Diemen's Land). - Chironomus egregius Skuse, F.A.A. 1889. Diptera of Australia. Part VI.—The Chironomidae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 4: 215-311 [232].
Type data:
Lectotype ANIC(MMUS) ♂ adult, locality unknown.
Paralectotype(s) ANIC(MMUS) 2♂ adults.Type locality references:
Freeman, P. 1961. The Chironomidae (Diptera) of Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 9: 611-737 [685].
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. [268]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Ben Lomond (BEL), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: volant.
General References
Freeman, P. 1961. The Chironomidae (Diptera) of Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 9: 611-737 [685] (taxonomy)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 26-Apr-2012 | 26-Apr-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |