Genus Tanytarsus van der Wulp, 1874
- Tanytarsus Wulp, F.M. van der 1874. Dipterologische aanteekeningen. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 17: 109-148 [134].
Type species:
Chironomus signatus van der Wulp, 1874 by subsequent designation, see International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1961. Opinion 616. Tanytarsus van der Wulp, 1874 (Insecta, Diptera); designation of a type-species under the plenary powers. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 18: 361-362 [361]. - Calopsectra Kieffer, J.J. 1909. Diagnoses de nouveaux chironomides d'Allemagne. Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle (du Département de la Moselle) de Metz 26: 37-56 [50].
Type species:
Tanytarsus gregarius Kieffer, 1909 by subsequent designation, see Kieffer, J.J. 1921. Chironomides de l'Afrique Équatoriale (1e partie). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 90: 1-56 [36].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Ashe, P. 1983. A catalogue of chironomid genera and subgenera of the world including synonyms (Diptera: Chironomidae). Entomologica Scandinavica. Supplementum 17: 1-68 [14]
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Cosmopolitan.
IBRA
Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL) ; ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)
IMCRA
Lord Howe Province (14)
Distribution References
- 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. [266]
- Freeman, P. & Cranston, P.S. 1980. 11. Family Chironomidae. pp. 175-202 in Crosskey, R.W. (ed.). Catalogue of the Diptera of the Afrotropical Region. London : British Museum 1437 pp. [200]
- Oliver, D.R., Dillon, M.E. & Cranston, P.S. 1990. A Catalog of Nearctic Chironomidae. Ottawa : Research Branch Agriculture Canada. Publication 1857/B. 89 pp. [58]
- Stevens, M.M., Helliwell, S. & Cranston, P.S. 2006. Larval chironomid communities (Diptera: Chironomidae) associated with establishing rice crops in southern New South Wales, Australia. Hydrobiologia 556: 317-325 [320]
- Sublette, J.E. & Sublette, M.F. 1973. Family Chironomidae. pp. 389-422 in Delfinado, M.D & Hardy, D.E. (eds). A Catalog of the Diptera of the Oriental Region. Volume 1. Suborder Nematocera. Honolulu : University Press of Hawaii Vol. 1 618 pp. [415]
Undescribed/unidentified species
Tanytarsus 'K8'.
Tanytarsus 'H': Cranston 1991.
Tanytarsus dycei Glover ('K8'): Cranston, P.S. 1996. Identification Guide to the Chironomidae of New South Wales. AWT Identification Guide Number 1. West Ryde, NSW : Australian Water Technologies Pty Ltd.
Material examined. Northern Territory: 3 Pe, 12°18'S 133°20'E, Arnhem Land, Narbaluk, Cooper Ck, 27.v.1988; 4 Pe, 12°41'S 132°55'E, Ranger Retention Pond #1, 31.v.1988; 2 Pe, 12°47'S 133°03'E, Upper Magela Creek, riffle below Bowerbird Billabong, 30.vi.1988, Dostine; 6 Pe, 12°54'S 132°30'E, Yellow Waters, 30.v.1988; 3 Pe, 12°57'S 132°34'E, Jim Jim Ck, Kakadu Highway ford, 26.v.1988; 2 Pe, 13°33'S 132°33'E, South Alligator River, Fisher Ck, 24.v.1988; 1 Pe, 13°34'S 132°35'E, South Alligator River, Gimbat spillway, 19-20.iv.1989; 1 Pe, 13°35'S 132°36'E, South Alligator River, Coronation Hill, 24.v.1988.
General References
Stevens, M.M., Helliwell, S. & Cranston, P.S. 2006. Larval chironomid communities (Diptera: Chironomidae) associated with establishing rice crops in southern New South Wales, Australia. Hydrobiologia 556: 317-325
Sublette, J.E. & Wirth, W.W. 1980. The Chironomidae and Ceratopogonidae (Diptera) of New Zealand's Subantarctic islands. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 7: 299-378 [328] (Calopsectra as valid genus)
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