Species Smittia aterrima (Meigen, 1818)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Chironomus aterrimus Meigen, J.W. 1818. Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europäischen zweiflügeligen Insekten. Erster Theil. Aachen : F.W. Forstmann xxxvi 332 pp. [47].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Germany.
• Camptocladius macleayi 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 [266].

  Type data:

   Lectotype ANIC(MMUS) ♂ adult, Sydney, NSW.
  Paralectotype(s) ANIC(MMUS) ♀ adult (number of specimens in type series not stated in original description).

  Subsequent designation references:

  Freeman, P. 1961. The Chironomidae (Diptera) of Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 9: 611-737 [666].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Freeman, P. 1961. The Chironomidae (Diptera) of Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 9: 611-737 [665]

Generic Combinations

• Smittia aterrima (Meigen, 1818). —
  Brundin, L. 1956. Zur Systematik der Orthocladiinae (Dipt. Chironomidae). Report of the Freshwater Research Institute of Drottningholm 37: 1-185 [146]

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, Tas, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Flinders (FLI), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), King (KIN), Mallee (MAL), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Often observed in immense clouds towards evening.

General References

Freeman, P. 1961. The Chironomidae (Diptera) of Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 9: 611-737 [665] (taxonomy)

History of changes