Taxonavigation

Familia: Chironomidae
Subfamilia: Telmatogetoninae
Genus: Telmatogeton
Species: Telmatogeton mortoni

Name

• Telmatogeton mortoni Leader, 1975: 209 ZooBank
  • Authority for current placement: original
    • undisputed by all subsequent authorities
  • Original genus: Telmatogeton Schiner, 1866
  • Original status: valid species
  • Primary type: holotype
    • Fixation: designated
    • Description: [adult] male
    • Repository: NZAC
  • Type locality: 'Goat Island Bay, Leigh, Auckland Prov.'

References

• Leader, J.P. 1975: Three new chironomids (Diptera: Chironomidae) from the New Zealand seashore. New Zealand journal of zoology 2(2): 209-214. DOI: 10.1080/03014223.1975.9517869 . BUGZ. Reference page. 
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• Newman, L.J. 1988: Evolutionary relationships of the Hawaiian and North American Telmatogeton (Insecta; Diptera: Chironomidae). Pacific science, 42(1-2): 56–64.
• Sublette, J.E. & Wirth, W.W. 1980. The Chironomidae and Ceratopogonidae (Diptera) of New Zealand's subantarctic islands. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 7(3): 299–378. DOI: 10.1080/03014223.1980.10423791 . Reference page.  see p. 310
• Williamson, J.E.; Creese, R.G. 1996: Small invertebrates inhabiting the crustose alga Pseudolithoderma sp. (Ralfsiaceae) in northern New Zealand. New Zealand journal of marine and freshwater research, 30(2): 221–232. DOI: 10.1080/00288330.1996.9516710broken! PDF

Links

• Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist
• Cheng, L. (2010). Telmatogeton mortoni Leader, 1975. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=414080 on 2011-07-10
• Crosby, Trevor K. Primary type specimens in the New Zealand Arthropod Collection (NZAC): Diptera. Version 1 - June 1997
• EoL

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