Xenochironomus Kieffer, 1921

Namayandeh, Armin, Hudson, Patrick L., Bogan, Daniel L. & Hudson, John P., 2024, Chironomidae (Diptera: Insecta) of Alaska, USA, with descriptions of new species and a checklist, Zootaxa 5511 (1), pp. 1-95 : 85

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5511.1.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:8DDA1158-1904-4097-A04F-DB9EC7D22812

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/794387C7-FFD2-166C-FF40-71A6EC42F9AE

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Xenochironomus Kieffer, 1921
status

 

Xenochironomus Kieffer, 1921 View in CoL

Bowser et al. (2020) reported Xenochironomus xenolabis (Kieffer, 1916) larvae from the Miller and Slikok Creek watersheds on the Kenai Peninsula based on DNA barcoding. This species is an obligate miner of freshwater sponges and bryozoans attached to firm substrates in standing and flowing water ( Epler et al. 2013; Klink 1989).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Chironomidae

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Chironomidae

Genus

Xenochironomus

Darwin Core Archive (for parent article) View in SIBiLS Plain XML RDF