Austrobrillia

Genus of midges

Austrobrillia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Diptera
Family:
Chironomidae
Subfamily:
Orthocladiinae
Genus:
Austrobrillia

Freeman, 1961
Type species
Austrobrillia longipes
Freeman, 1961[1]

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

  • A. chilensis Cranston, 2000[1]
  • A. longipes Freeman, 1961[1]
  • A. valereissia Cranston, 2000[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d 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]
Taxon identifiers
Austrobrillia


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