FISSIMENTUM, A NEW GENUS OF DROUGHT-TOLERANT CHIRONOMINI (DIPTERA, CHIRONOMIDAE) FROM THE AMERICA AND AUSTRALIA

Authors
CRANSTON PS NOLTE U
Citation
Ps. Cranston et U. Nolte, FISSIMENTUM, A NEW GENUS OF DROUGHT-TOLERANT CHIRONOMINI (DIPTERA, CHIRONOMIDAE) FROM THE AMERICA AND AUSTRALIA, Entomological news, 107(1), 1996, pp. 1-15
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology
Journal title
Entomological news → ACNP
ISSN journal
0013872X
Volume
107
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
1 - 15
Database
ISI
SICI code
0013-872X(1996)107:1<1:FANGOD>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
The genus Fissimentum is described from all life history stages for a previously recognized but unreared larval taxon ''Tendipedini genus A' ' of Roback, 1966. A Neotropical species Fissimentum desiccatum, here described for Roback's (1966) species 4, shows drought tolerance in Br azil. Unreared larvae from Brazil and Australia allocated to genus Fis simentum are discussed in relation to the type species.