Telmatogeton mortoni

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: Telmatogetoninae
Genus: Telmatogeton
Species: Telmatogeton mortoni

Name

• Telmatogeton mortoni Leader, 1975: 209 ZooBank
  • Authority for current placement: original
    • undisputed by all subsequent authorities
  • Original genus: Telmatogeton Schiner, 1866
  • Original status: valid species
  • Primary type: holotype
    • Fixation: designated
    • Description: [adult] male
    • Repository: NZAC
  • Type locality: 'Goat Island Bay, Leigh, Auckland Prov.'

References

• Leader, J.P. 1975. Three new chironomids (Diptera: Chironomidae) from the New Zealand seashore. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 2(2): 209–214. DOI: 10.1080/03014223.1975.9517869 . BUGZ. Reference page. 
• Macfarlane, R.P., Maddison, P.A., Andrew, I.G., Berry, J.A., Johns, P.M., Hoare, R.J.B., Larivière, M.-C., Greenslade, P., Henderson, R.C., Smithers, C.N., Palma, R.L., Ward, J.B., Pilgrim, R.L.C., Towns, D.R., McLellan, I., Teulon, D.A.J., Hitchings, T.R., Eastop, V.F., Martin, N.A., Fletcher, M.J., Stufkens, M.A.W., Dale, P.J., Burckhardt, D., Buckley, T.R. & Trewick, S.A. 2010. Phylum Arthropoda subphylum Hexapoda: Protura, springtails, Diplura, and insects. Pp. 233–467 in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) 2010. New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume 2. Kingdom Animalia. Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch, New Zealand. Reference page.  PDF. Reference page. 
• Newman, L.J. 1988: Evolutionary relationships of the Hawaiian and North American Telmatogeton (Insecta; Diptera: Chironomidae). Pacific science, 42(1-2): 56–64.
• Sublette, J.E. & Wirth, W.W. 1980. The Chironomidae and Ceratopogonidae (Diptera) of New Zealand's subantarctic islands. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 7(3): 299–378. DOI: 10.1080/03014223.1980.10423791 . Reference page.  see p. 310
• Williamson, J.E.; Creese, R.G. 1996: Small invertebrates inhabiting the crustose alga Pseudolithoderma sp. (Ralfsiaceae) in northern New Zealand. New Zealand journal of marine and freshwater research, 30(2): 221–232. DOI: 10.1080/00288330.1996.9516710broken! PDF

Links

• Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist
• Cheng, L. (2010). Telmatogeton mortoni Leader, 1975. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=414080 on 2011-07-10
• Crosby, Trevor K. Primary type specimens in the New Zealand Arthropod Collection (NZAC): Diptera. Version 1 - June 1997
• EoL

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