Austrobrillia

Austrobrillia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Chironomidae
Subfamily: Orthocladiinae
Genus: Austrobrillia
Freeman, 1961
Type species
Austrobrillia longipes
Freeman, 1961[1]

Austrobrillia is a genus of chironomid midges. For many years there was a single described species, A. longipes of Australia, but in 2000 two further South American species were described from pupal exuviae.

Species

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Cranston, Peter S. (2000). "Austrobrillia Freeman: immature stages, and new species from the Neotropics". Spixiana 23 (2): 1–8. Retrieved 7 February 2013.