Austrobrillia

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

References

  1. 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.


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