Species Dicrotendipes pelochloris (Kieffer, 1912)

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• Tendipes pelochloris Kieffer, J.J. 1912. Sauter's Formosa-Ausbeute. Tendipedidae (Dipt.). Supplementa Entomologica 1: 27-43 [39].

  Type data:

   Lectotype DEIB ♂ adult, Tainan, Taiwan (as Formosa).
  Paralectotype(s) DEIB ♂ ♀ adult.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Epler, J.H. 1988. Biosystematics of the genus Dicrotendipes Kieffer, 1913 (Diptera: Chironomidae: Chironominae) of the world. Memoirs of the American Entomological Society 36: 1-214 [137].
• Chironomus (Dicrotendipes) wirthi Freeman, P. 1961. The Chironomidae (Diptera) of Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 9: 611-737 [692].

  Type data:

   Holotype USNM ♂ adult, Mosman, NSW.
  Paratype(s) USNM 2♂ adults; BMNH ♂ adult.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Epler, J.H. 1988. Biosystematics of the genus Dicrotendipes Kieffer, 1913 (Diptera: Chironomidae: Chironominae) of the world. Memoirs of the American Entomological Society 36: 1-214 [134] (also extralimital synonymy)

Generic Combinations

• Dicrotendipes pelochloris (Kieffer, 1912). —
  Bugledich, E.-M.A., Cranston, P.S. & Martin, J. 1999. Diptera: Nematocera: Chironomidae. pp. 112-158 in Wells, A. & Houston, W.W.K. (eds). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 30.1. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing, Australia xiii 627 pp. [121]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

General References

Epler, J.H. 1988. Biosystematics of the genus Dicrotendipes Kieffer, 1913 (Diptera: Chironomidae: Chironominae) of the world. Memoirs of the American Entomological Society 36: 1-214 [134] (taxonomy)

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