Paraskusella gen. nov., a new Afro-Australian genus in the tribe Chironomini (Diptera: Chironomidae)

Peter S. Cranston

doi:10.1111/aen.12366

Paraskusella gen. nov., a new Afro-Australian genus in the tribe Chironomini (Diptera: Chironomidae)

Peter S. Cranston^*

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Abstract

One described species of Chironomidae, the African Paratendipes seydeli Freeman, 1957, and two newly described species from Australia are allocated to a new genus, Paraskusella gen. nov. Described from all life stages, Paraskusella donedwardi sp. nov. is restricted to south-west Western Australia. Paraskusella bobhawkei sp. nov. is described from adult males and a female from northern Australia. Its possible immature stages are described as Paraskusella ‘K2’, a taxon with a wider northern to central and temperate distribution. The immature stages allow inference of proximity to the Afro-Oriental-Australian Skusella Freeman, 1961.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	268-281
Number of pages	14
Journal	Austral Entomology
Volume	58
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/aen.12366
Publication status	Published - May 2019

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