Paraheptagyia

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
Genus: Paraheptagyia
Species (7): P. andina – P. cinerascens – P. nitescens – P. semiplumata – P. tasmaniae – P. tonnoiri – P. umbraculata

Name

• Paraheptagyia Brundin, 1966: 379 ZooBank
  • Authority for current placement: original
    • undisputed by all subsequent authorities
  • Original status: valid genus
  • Type species: Heptagyia cinerascens Edwards, 1931
    • Fixation: original designation [p. 379]

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. 

Links

• ION
• Nomenclator Zoologicus