Species Telmatogeton japonicus Tokunaga, 1933

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• Telmatogeton japonicus Tokunaga, M. 1933. Chironomidae from Japan (Diptera) I. Clunioninae. Philippine Journal of Science 51: 87-98 [95].

  Type data:

   Holotype ELCAK ♂, Karo, Tottori Prefecture, Japan.
  Paratype(s) ELCAK ♂ ♀ adults.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Flinders (FLI), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), 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), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Observed swarming around sunset.

General References

Freeman, P. 1961. The Chironomidae (Diptera) of Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 9: 611-737 [638] (taxonomy)

Hashimoto, H. 1973. Marine chironomids from Australia, with description of a new species of the genus Clunio (Diptera: Chironomidae). Bulletin of the Faculty of Education, Shizuoka University (Natural Sciences) 24: 1-17 [6] (distribution, taxonomy)

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