Clarification of Einfeldia Kieffer, 1922 (Diptera: Chironomidae) with E. Australiensis (Freeman, 1961), comb. N. Based on immature stages

Peter S. Cranston*, Jon Martin, Monica Mulder, Martin Spies

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    Abstract

    The immature stages are described for the first time for Chironomus (Xenochironomus) australiensis Freeman (Diptera: Chironomidae) and the adult male is redescribed including from type specimens. The species does not belong to Chirono-mus Meigen or Xenochironomus Kieffer, but is best placed in a modestly expanded Einfeldia Kieffer. Application of this genus name is clarified, including by a lectotype fixation for its type species, E. pectoralis Kieffer, 1924. Einfeldia aus- Traliensis (Freeman) comb. n. provides the first record of the genus from Australia; otherwise the genus is reported con-fidently only from North America, Central America and western Europe to Japan. The immature stages of E. australiensis occur in relatively shallow mesotrophic to eutrophic dune lakes and maars with circum-neutral pH and high conductivity, from southeastern Queensland to southern Australia. The cytology is described briefly from larval salivary glands. Alter-native genus placements for the species are discussed, and problems with Einfeldia and connected systematics in the tribe Chironomini are addressed.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)491-506
    Number of pages16
    JournalZootaxa
    Volume4158
    Issue number4
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 31 Aug 2016

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