Species Kiefferulus intertinctus (Skuse, 1889)

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• Chironomus intertinctus 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 [234].

  Type data:

   Lectotype ANIC(MMUS) ♂ adult, Brisbane, QLD.
  Paralectotype(s) ANIC(MMUS) 3♀ adults.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Freeman, P. 1961. The Chironomidae (Diptera) of Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 9: 611-737 [690].
• Chironomus hexhamensis 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 [237].

  Type data:

   Lectotype ANIC(MMUS) ♂ adult, Hexham, near Newcastle, NSW.
  Paralectotype(s) ANIC(MMUS) ♂ adult.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Freeman, P. 1961. The Chironomidae (Diptera) of Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 9: 611-737 [690].
• Chironomus lativalva Kieffer, J.J. 1917. Chironomides d'Australie conservés au Musée National Hongrois de Budapest. Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici (Zoologica) 15: 175-228 [211].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MNH 6♂ 2♀ adults (types lost, see Freeman, P. 1961. The Chironomidae (Diptera) of Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 9: 611–737 [612]), Royal Botanic Gardens (as Jardin botanique), Sydney, NSW.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Freeman, P. 1961. The Chironomidae (Diptera) of Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 9: 611-737 [689]

Generic Combinations

• Kiefferulus intertinctus (Skuse, 1889). —
  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.

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Widespread Australia.

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

General 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. (as Kiefferulus intertinctus (Skuse, 1889))

Freeman, P. 1961. The Chironomidae (Diptera) of Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 9: 611-737 [689] (taxonomy)

Martin, J. 1964. Morphological differences between Chironomus intertinctus Skuse and C. paratinctus, sp. nov., with descriptions and a key to the subgenus Kiefferulus (Diptera: Nematocera). Australian Journal of Zoology 12: 279-287 [285] (taxonomy)

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