Species Paratanytarsus grimmii (Schneider, 1885)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Chironomus grimmii Schneider, A. 1885. Chironomus Grimmii und seine Parthenogenesis. Zoologische Beiträge. Berlin 1: 301-302 [301].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown (not stated [?Russia] believed lost), locality unknown.
• Lundstroemia parthenogeneticus Freeman, P. 1961. The Chironomidae (Diptera) of Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 9: 611-737 [721].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM ♀ adult, Lake Gwellup, WA.
  Paratype(s) WAM 2♀ adults; BMNH 10♀ adults.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Langton, P.H., Cranston, P.S. & Armitage, P. 1988. The parthenogenetic midge of water supply systems, Paratanytarsus grimmii (Schneider) (Diptera: Chironomidae). Bulletin of Entomological Research 78: 317-328 [319]

Generic Combinations

• Paratanytarsus grimmii (Schneider, 1885). —
  Langton, P.H., Cranston, P.S. & Armitage, P. 1988. The parthenogenetic midge of water supply systems, Paratanytarsus grimmii (Schneider) (Diptera: Chironomidae). Bulletin of Entomological Research 78: 317-328 [319]

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Widespread in Australia; virtually cosmopolitan.

Ecological Descriptors

Parthenogenetic.

Extra Ecological Information

Paedogenetic.

General References

Glover, B. 1973. The Tanytarsini (Diptera: Chironomidae) of Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 23: 403-478 [417]

Langton, P.H., Cranston, P.S. & Armitage, P. 1988. The parthenogenetic midge of water supply systems, Paratanytarsus grimmii (Schneider) (Diptera: Chironomidae). Bulletin of Entomological Research 78: 317-328 [319]

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