Pontomyia

Pontomyia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Suborder: Nematocera
Infraorder: Culicomorpha
Superfamily: Chironomoidea
Family: Chironomidae
Genus: Pontomyia
Edwards, 1926
Species

Pontomyia cottoni
Pontomyia natans
Pontomyia oceana
Pontomyia pacifica

Pontomyia is an insect genus of marine flightless midge belonging to the subfamily Chironominae in the Chironomidae family. It was described by Edwards in 1926. There are only four species completely described in this genus: P. natans (Edward 1924), P. cottoni (Wormersley 1937), P. pacifica (Tokunaga 1964), and P. oceana (Tokunaga 1964); and another possible species was recorded by Epler[1] but only in the immature form. Recently one Pontomyia very similar to the species recorded by Epler was found in Brazil.[2]

Notes

  1. ↑ EPLER, J.H. 1995. Identification manual for the larvae Chironomidae (Diptera) of Florida. Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Water Facilities, Tallahassee.
  2. ↑ Henriques-Oliveira, A.L., Silva, R.A., Nessimian, J.L. (2009). First recorded of Pontomyia Edwards, 1926 (Diptera: Chironomidae: Tanytarsini) in Brazil. http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?pid=S1676-06032009000100029&script=sci_arttext
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