Paralauterborniella is a genus of non-biting midges in the subfamily Chironominae of the bloodworm family Chironomidae. Apedilum was formerly considered a junior synonym of this genus, but was restored as a separate genus by J. H. Epler (1988) for the species A. elachistus and A. subcinctum.[2]
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Genus: | Paralauterborniella Lenz, 1941[1]
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Chironomus nigrohalteralis Malloch, 1915
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Species
edit- P. ershanensis Tang, 2016[3]
- P. nigrohalteralis (Malloch, 1915)[1]
References
edit- ^ a b Lenz, F. (1941). "Die jugendstadien der Sectio Chironomariae (Tendipedini) connectentes (Subf. Chironominae = Tendipedinae). Zusammenfassung und Revision". Archiv für Hydrobiologie. 38: 1–69. hdl:2027/mdp.39015000407885.
- ^ Epler, J. H. (1988). "A reconsideration of the genus Apedilum Townes, 1945 (Diptera, Chironomidae)". Spixiana. Supplement 14: 105–116.
- ^ Tang, H. (2016). "Paralauterborniella from Oriental China (Diptera: Chironomidae)". Oriental Insects. 50 (4): 160–170. doi:10.1080/00305316.2016.1217799.