Chironomus polonicus, Michailova, Paraskeva, Kownacki, Andrzej & Langton, Peter H., 2013

Michailova, Paraskeva, Kownacki, Andrzej & Langton, Peter H., 2013, Chironomus polonicus sp. n. (Diptera: Chironomidae) from southern Poland, Zootaxa 3599 (6), pp. 564-576 : 565

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3599.6.5

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:67AAA0AF-0626-4694-A1F4-1F0BD753D018

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5628607

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F64368-6513-CB50-13CA-4C842335954D

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Plazi

scientific name

Chironomus polonicus
status

sp. nov.

Chironomus polonicus sp. n.

Type material. Holotype: larva, chromosome squash with larval head capsule and hind part of abdomen, labeled: “№ 6 polytene chromosomes, larva - external morphology, 06.2002”; Bolesław (50o17’26.61’’E, 19o26’36.93’’ N) (Olkusz Region with Zn-Pb ore deposits), near Kraków, Poland. Paratypes: same sampling data as holotype, males (2) and females (3) in Kraków, Institute of Natural Conservation, PAS; pupal exuviae (3) slides in UK, coll. PHL. Material examined. Ten chromosome preparations and external larval morphology; 3 adult males and 4 pupae.

Source of material. Egg masses on water plants in the Bolesław pool, reared under laboratory conditions. Derivation of the name. From the old name of Poland.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Chironomidae

Genus

Chironomus

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