Austrobrillia
Appearance
| Austrobrillia | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Chironomidae |
| Subfamily: | Orthocladiinae |
| Genus: | Austrobrillia Freeman, 1961 |
| Type species | |
| Austrobrillia longipes | |
Austrobrillia is a genus of chironomid midges. For many years there was a single described species, A. longipes of Australia, but in 2000 two further South American species were described from pupal exuviae.
Species
[edit]- A. chilensis Cranston, 2000[1]
- A. longipes Freeman, 1961[1]
- A. valereissia Cranston, 2000[1]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 Cranston, Peter S. (2000). "Austrobrillia Freeman: immature stages, and new species from the Neotropics" (PDF). Spixiana. 23 (2): 1–8. Retrieved 7 February 2013.[permanent dead link]