Th e chironomidae (Diptera) of Australia.

Abstract

This is a systematic account of the species of Chironomidae from Australia based mainly on collections in Australian museums, the British Museum, and the United States National Museum. One hundred and twenty-nine species are described, 69 of them new, and keys are given to subfamilies, genera, and species. The classification proposed by Brundin (1956) has been adopted; in this, the subfamilies Diamesinae, Clunioninae, and Corynoneurinae are treated as, at the most, tribes of the subfamily Orthocladiinae. Type specimens of species described by Macquart, Walker, and Skuse have been examined and the species redescribed and figured; an attempt has been made to identify Kieffer's species, the types of which are probably lost. Some account is given of the composition of the fauna, and the presence of an element in the more primitive genera similar to the fauna of the southern part of South America has been noted.

Review of the Japanese Microtendipes (Diptera: Chironomidae: Chironominae), with description of a new species

“…Of 23 Japanese specimens examined here, three specimens (13 %) have three Lt-setae on one side of the segment VI and four Lt-setae on the other, 20 (87 %) possessing four Lt-setae on each side of the segment. The features of the Japanese specimens are consistent with Freeman (1955Freeman ( , 1958Freeman ( , 1961 for the males and females and with those of Australian pupal and larval exuviae associated with their adults (P.S. Cranston, Canberra, Australia, pers.…”

News

“…We collaborated subsequently, including over an orthoclad, Elpiscladius, a member of the Brillia group for which Arthur had a pharate male (Harrison & Cranston 2007). Little did we know but the then-unknown larva was in the Eerste-mining in immersed wood as its phylogeny predicted (Cranston 2008 (Freeman 1955(Freeman , 1956(Freeman , 1957(Freeman , 1958, followed by the Chironomidae of New Zealand (Freeman 1959) and of Australia (Freeman, 1961). One third of Freeman's scientific publications (of 86 in total) concerned the Chironomidae: the others ranged across several other families of nematocerous Diptera.…”

Clarification of Einfeldia Kieffer, 1922 (Diptera: Chironomidae) with E. australiensis (Freeman, 1961), comb. n. based on immature stages

“…The holotype is located in ANIC, as are several paratypes, including from the type locality, Oxford Falls, NSW. Freeman (1961) stated the holotype and 3 paratypes to be in 'SPHTM' (the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, University of Sydney), but this collection has been de-accessioned and divided between other institutions, including ANIC. Some other paratypes were listed as in CSIRO, but not all of these are present there.…”

“…Einfeldia atitlanensis Sublette & Sasa, 1994-male and female described from Guatemala Einfeldia australiensis (Freeman, 1961) 'E, 28.iv.1997 (Wright); Pe, same except 7.iii.1998; Pe, Victoria, Lake Little Beatle, 37°47.2'S 148°25 'E, 17.xii.1996 (Wright); Swan Lake, 38°12'S 141°19 'E, 20.xii.1996 (Wright) (Fig. 1C); each mid and hind tibial apex with wide and narrower comb, each comb with 25 long spur (Fig.…”