Pontomyia

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: Chironominae
Tribus: Tanytarsini
Genus: Pontomyia
Species (3): P. natans – P. oceana – P. pacifica

In synonymy (1): P. cottoni

Name

• Pontomyia Edwards, 1926

References

• Cheng, L.; Hashimoto, H. 1978: The marine midge Pontomyia (Chironomidae) with a description of females of P. oceana Tokunaga. Systematic entomology, 3(3): 189–196. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.1978.tb00115.x
• Huang, D.; Cheng, L. 2011: The flightless marine midge Pontomyia (Diptera: Chironomidae): ecology, distribution, and molecular phylogeny. Zoological journal of the Linnean Society, 162(2): 443–456. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2010.00680.x
• Huang, D.; Cranston, P.S.; Cheng, L. 2014: Complete species phylogeny of the marine midge Pontomyia (Diptera: Chironomidae) reveals a cosmopolitan species and a new synonym. Invertebrate systematics 28(3): 277–286. DOI: 10.1071/IS13059 Reference page. 
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