Chironomus formosipennis
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Ordo: Diptera
Familia: Chironomidae
Genus: Chironomus
Name
Chironomus formosipennis Kieffer, 1908 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
Previous reports:
Kieffer 1908[1], imago.
Freeman 1957[2], imago.
Dejoux 1970[3], imago.
Dejoux 1970[3], pupa.
Dejoux 1970[3], larva.
Karyotype
(Fig. 4). Haploid number n=4, arm combinations AB CD EF G (“thummi” cytocomplex), centromeric bands not heterochromatinized, nucleoli in arms A and G, Balbiani ring in arm G. Chromosomal polymorphism was not recorded.
Banding sequence was determined only in arm E. The sequence frmE1 was identical with the cosmopolitan basic pattern, aprE1 (as in Chironomus aprilinus Meigen, 1818)
Larva:
long tubuli laterales at abdominal segment VII. Other characters - Dejoux 1970[3].
Distribution:
Lake Naivasha, Kenya, Zigi-river, Tanzania, running waters.
Taxon Treatment
- Wülker, W; Kiknadze, I; Istomina, A; 2011: Karyotypes of Chironomus Meigen (Diptera: Chironomidae) species from Africa CompCytogen, 5(1): 23-46. doi
Other References
- ↑ Kieffer J (1908) Chironomidae. Denkschrift Medizinisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Gesellschaft. Jena 13: 155–162.
- ↑ Freeman P (1957) A study of Chironomidae (Diptera) of Africa south of the Sahara, part III. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 5 (9):321-426.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Dejoux C (1970) Contribution à l’étude des premiers états des chironomides du Tchad (Insectes, Diptéres) (4e note). Cahiers ORSTOM, série Hydrologie 4(2): 39–51.
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