Heptagyiini

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: Diamesinae
Tribus: Heptagyiini
Genera (5): Chironocesa – Heptagyia – Limaya – Maoridiamesa – Paraheptagyia

[sources: Brundin (1966: 377), Koçak & Kemal (2008: 2)]

Name

• Heptagyiini Brundin, 1966
  • Incorrect original spelling: Heptagyini
  • Type genus: Heptagyia Philippi, 1865
  • Stem: Heptagyi-

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. 
• Spies, M. 2005: On selected family-group names in Chironomidae (Insecta, Diptera), and related nomenclature. Zootaxa, 894: 1–12. Abstract & excerpt PDF