Afrochlus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Chironomoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Antliophora Ordo: Diptera Subordo: Nematocera Infraordo: Culicomorpha Superfamilia: Chironomoidea

Familia: Chironomidae
Subfamilia: Podonominae
Genus: Afrochlus
Species (1): A. harrisoni

Name

• Afrochlus Freeman, 1964 [source: Freeman (1964: 147)]
  • Original status: genus [source: Freeman (1964: 147)]
  • Type species: Afrochlus harrisoni Freeman, 1964, by original designation [and monotypy] [source: Freeman (1964: 147)]

References

• Brundin, L. 1966. Transantarctic relationships and their significance, as evidenced by chironomid midges with a monograph of the subfamilies Podonominae and Aphroteniinae and the austral Heptagyiae. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskapsacademiens Handlingar series 4, 11(1):1–472. Reference page. 
• Cranston, P.S.; Edward, D.H.D. 1998: Afrochlus Freeman: an African gondwanan midge and the phylogeny of the Podonominae (Diptera: Chironomidae). Systematic entomology, 23: 77–90. DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3113.1998.00045.x PDF
• Freeman, P. 1964: Notes on Chironomidae (Diptera: Nematocera). Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London (B), 33: 147–150. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.1964.tb01631.x

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