Rheochlus

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: Rheochlus
Species (3): R. insignis – R. prolongatus – R. wirthi

[Source: Catalogue of Life: 2014 Annual Checklist]

Add (1): R. latisetus

Name

• Rheochlus Brundin, 1966: 269 ZooBank
  • Authority for current placement: original
    • undisputed by all subsequent authorities
  • Original status: valid genus
  • Type species: Rheochlus insignis Brundin, 1966
    • Fixation: original designation [p. 269]

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. 
• Siri, A.; Brodin, Y. 2014: Cladistic analysis of Rheochlus and related genera, with description of a new species (Diptera: Chironomidae: Podonominae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 54(1): 361-375. Biotaxa Reference page.