FIGURE 4. Larva, Einfeldia australiensis. A. Head capsule, frontal (top) to labral region: DP = d... more FIGURE 4. Larva, Einfeldia australiensis. A. Head capsule, frontal (top) to labral region: DP = dorsal pit; S4, S5 = cephalic setae; B. Antenna; C. Labro-epipharyngeal region; D. Pecten epipharyngis, variants; E. Mandible, ventral; F. Mandible apex, dorsal; G. Maxilla; H. Mentum; I. Medial teeth on worn mentum; J. Ventromental plate.
FIGURE 2. Adult.male genitalia, Einfeldia australiensis. A. Hypopygium, lateral. B. Superior vols... more FIGURE 2. Adult.male genitalia, Einfeldia australiensis. A. Hypopygium, lateral. B. Superior volsella (variants). C. Hypopygium, dorsal. D. Hypopygium, stylized ventral/internal.
<i>Einfeldia australiensis</i> (Freeman) <i>Chironomus (Xenochironomus) austral... more <i>Einfeldia australiensis</i> (Freeman) <i>Chironomus (Xenochironomus) australiensis</i> Freeman, 1961: 696 (adult male). <b>Type material</b>. <b>Holotype</b> &amp;male;, pinned, genitalia on celluloid, foreleg, head and antennae on separate slide in Euparal; AUSTRALIA: New South Wales, Oxford Falls, 3.iv.1922 (collector not stated) (ANIC). <b>Paratypes</b> (slide mounted in Euparal, Cranston): &amp;male;, as holotype; &amp;male;, N.S.W., Hornsby, 9.i.1958 (<i>Lee</i>). <b>Other material</b> [all AUSTRALIA, and in ANIC unless stated otherwise]: Pe, Queensland, Fraser Island, Ocean Lake, 24°55.5'S 153°16.4'E, 2.vi.1997 (<i>Wright, Reid, Gunn</i>); 4L (3 slides), New South Wales, Sydney, Botany Wetlands, Pond #3, 33°56'08''S 151°12'53''E, 2.xi.2015, Sydney Water (SW) via Monica Mulder (2 slides, 1 larva on each; 1 slide, 2 larvae, with <i>Procladius</i> under 2 other coverslips (SW); 2L (one with chromosome squash) Blue Lagoon, 29o58'S 153 o15'E, 15.viii.1976 (<i>Timms</i>); 2Pe, Australian Capital Territory, Jervis Bay, Lake McKenzie, 35°09'S 150°41'E, 28.iv.1997 (<i>Wright</i>); Pe, same except 7.iii.1998; Pe, Victoria, Lake Little Beatle, 37°47.2'S 148°25'E, 17.xii.1996 (<i>Wright</i>); Swan Lake, 38°12'S 141°19'E, 20.xii.1996 (<i>Wright</i>); South Australia, Valley Lake, Mt. Gambier, 37o30'S 140o45'E, 15.viii.1972 (<i>Timms</i>), 'ASA.34.2'; L (with chromosome squash) (Museum of Victoria); 3L (with chromosome squash), Le / Pe / &amp;male;, Pe / &amp;male;, P(&amp;male;), Lake Edward via Kalangadoo, 37o38'S 140o35'E, 30.ix.1973 (<i>Martin</i> &amp; <i>Martin</i>), 'ASA 36.3'. Excluded from <i>E. australiensis</i> here (all = <i>Xenochironomus</i> spp.; see 'Remarks on Freeman's type series' below). Paratype, &amp;male;, pinned, genitalia on celluloid, AUSTRALIA: [A.C.T.] Molongolo R.,. iii.1930 (<i>Graham</i>). 2&amp;male;&amp;male;, 1&amp;female; slide mounted in Euparal, several &amp;male;, &amp;female;, pinned, Northern Territory, Jim Jim Ck., WSW of Mt. Cahill, 'at light', 24.x.1972 (<i>Colless</i>). Rema [...]
<i>Einfeldia</i> Kieffer <i>Einfeldia</i> Kieffer, 1924:393 - Kieffer (19... more <i>Einfeldia</i> Kieffer <i>Einfeldia</i> Kieffer, 1924:393 - Kieffer (1924), adult male and female. " <i>Einfeldia</i> species group A"— Pinder &amp; Reiss (1983), larva; (1986), pupa. <i>Einfeldia</i> Kieffer—Cranston <i>et al.</i> (1989), adult male; Epler <i>et al.</i> (2013) <i>partim</i>, larva. 'so-called <i>Einfeldia</i> ' <i>pagana</i> -group—Yamamoto <i>et al.</i> (2015), adult male, larva. <b>Typification.</b> Application of the name <i>Einfeldia</i> Kieffer has undergone several significant changes. The reasons for this include that none of Kieffer's adult syntypes for the type species, <i>E. pectoralis</i> Kieffer, 1924, has ever been seen or found again by anyone else, and that no other name-bearing type specimen was recognised or designated. Moreover, the type series possibly was mixed; see Discussion below. Therefore, the following lectotype fixation is made to promote nomenclatural stability and facilitate taxonomic diagnostics. Lectotype here designated for ' <i>Einfeldia pectoralis</i> ' (original label on the slide) Kieffer, 1924; in coll. SNSB – Zoologische Staatssammlung München (Germany): &amp;male; pupal exuviae, slide-mounted in Euparal (F. Reiss); GERMANY, Schleswig-Holstein, Großer Waterneverstorfer Binnensee, reared from sample 'W.S.Z. bei 6' (original label on slide) taken at 1.5–2.5 m depth, 19.vi.1923, <i>leg.</i> F. Lenz. There is 'firm evidence' that the pupal exuviae designated above is 'biologically and for the purposes of nomenclature' (ICZN 1980) part of one of the syntypes of <i>E. pectoralis</i> that Kieffer (1924) had described as adults from Lenz's rearings (see Lenz 1937). In the voluminous correspondence on such cases between A. Thienemann / F. Lenz and J.J. Kieffer that is preserved at ZSM (see, <i>e.g.</i>, Spies 2001) there is one letter, dated ' 27.ix.1923 ' by Thienemann, that includes an identification request for a sample 'W.S.Z. bei 6' (in Lenz's handwriting); the latter sample code appears nowhere else in the correspondence. When Kieffer returned that letter, he [...]
FIGURE 1. Adult male. A. Einfeldia australiensis, anterior thorax, lateral view; B. Xenochironomu... more FIGURE 1. Adult male. A. Einfeldia australiensis, anterior thorax, lateral view; B. Xenochironomus sp., anterior thorax, lateral; C, D. Einfeldia australiensis, fore and hind tibial apices; E. Xenochironomus sp., superior volsella: left: = dorsal; right = ventral.
FIGURE 4. Larva, Einfeldia australiensis. A. Head capsule, frontal (top) to labral region: DP = d... more FIGURE 4. Larva, Einfeldia australiensis. A. Head capsule, frontal (top) to labral region: DP = dorsal pit; S4, S5 = cephalic setae; B. Antenna; C. Labro-epipharyngeal region; D. Pecten epipharyngis, variants; E. Mandible, ventral; F. Mandible apex, dorsal; G. Maxilla; H. Mentum; I. Medial teeth on worn mentum; J. Ventromental plate.
FIGURE 2. Adult.male genitalia, Einfeldia australiensis. A. Hypopygium, lateral. B. Superior vols... more FIGURE 2. Adult.male genitalia, Einfeldia australiensis. A. Hypopygium, lateral. B. Superior volsella (variants). C. Hypopygium, dorsal. D. Hypopygium, stylized ventral/internal.
<i>Einfeldia australiensis</i> (Freeman) <i>Chironomus (Xenochironomus) austral... more <i>Einfeldia australiensis</i> (Freeman) <i>Chironomus (Xenochironomus) australiensis</i> Freeman, 1961: 696 (adult male). <b>Type material</b>. <b>Holotype</b> &amp;male;, pinned, genitalia on celluloid, foreleg, head and antennae on separate slide in Euparal; AUSTRALIA: New South Wales, Oxford Falls, 3.iv.1922 (collector not stated) (ANIC). <b>Paratypes</b> (slide mounted in Euparal, Cranston): &amp;male;, as holotype; &amp;male;, N.S.W., Hornsby, 9.i.1958 (<i>Lee</i>). <b>Other material</b> [all AUSTRALIA, and in ANIC unless stated otherwise]: Pe, Queensland, Fraser Island, Ocean Lake, 24°55.5'S 153°16.4'E, 2.vi.1997 (<i>Wright, Reid, Gunn</i>); 4L (3 slides), New South Wales, Sydney, Botany Wetlands, Pond #3, 33°56'08''S 151°12'53''E, 2.xi.2015, Sydney Water (SW) via Monica Mulder (2 slides, 1 larva on each; 1 slide, 2 larvae, with <i>Procladius</i> under 2 other coverslips (SW); 2L (one with chromosome squash) Blue Lagoon, 29o58'S 153 o15'E, 15.viii.1976 (<i>Timms</i>); 2Pe, Australian Capital Territory, Jervis Bay, Lake McKenzie, 35°09'S 150°41'E, 28.iv.1997 (<i>Wright</i>); Pe, same except 7.iii.1998; Pe, Victoria, Lake Little Beatle, 37°47.2'S 148°25'E, 17.xii.1996 (<i>Wright</i>); Swan Lake, 38°12'S 141°19'E, 20.xii.1996 (<i>Wright</i>); South Australia, Valley Lake, Mt. Gambier, 37o30'S 140o45'E, 15.viii.1972 (<i>Timms</i>), 'ASA.34.2'; L (with chromosome squash) (Museum of Victoria); 3L (with chromosome squash), Le / Pe / &amp;male;, Pe / &amp;male;, P(&amp;male;), Lake Edward via Kalangadoo, 37o38'S 140o35'E, 30.ix.1973 (<i>Martin</i> &amp; <i>Martin</i>), 'ASA 36.3'. Excluded from <i>E. australiensis</i> here (all = <i>Xenochironomus</i> spp.; see 'Remarks on Freeman's type series' below). Paratype, &amp;male;, pinned, genitalia on celluloid, AUSTRALIA: [A.C.T.] Molongolo R.,. iii.1930 (<i>Graham</i>). 2&amp;male;&amp;male;, 1&amp;female; slide mounted in Euparal, several &amp;male;, &amp;female;, pinned, Northern Territory, Jim Jim Ck., WSW of Mt. Cahill, 'at light', 24.x.1972 (<i>Colless</i>). Rema [...]
<i>Einfeldia</i> Kieffer <i>Einfeldia</i> Kieffer, 1924:393 - Kieffer (19... more <i>Einfeldia</i> Kieffer <i>Einfeldia</i> Kieffer, 1924:393 - Kieffer (1924), adult male and female. " <i>Einfeldia</i> species group A"— Pinder &amp; Reiss (1983), larva; (1986), pupa. <i>Einfeldia</i> Kieffer—Cranston <i>et al.</i> (1989), adult male; Epler <i>et al.</i> (2013) <i>partim</i>, larva. 'so-called <i>Einfeldia</i> ' <i>pagana</i> -group—Yamamoto <i>et al.</i> (2015), adult male, larva. <b>Typification.</b> Application of the name <i>Einfeldia</i> Kieffer has undergone several significant changes. The reasons for this include that none of Kieffer's adult syntypes for the type species, <i>E. pectoralis</i> Kieffer, 1924, has ever been seen or found again by anyone else, and that no other name-bearing type specimen was recognised or designated. Moreover, the type series possibly was mixed; see Discussion below. Therefore, the following lectotype fixation is made to promote nomenclatural stability and facilitate taxonomic diagnostics. Lectotype here designated for ' <i>Einfeldia pectoralis</i> ' (original label on the slide) Kieffer, 1924; in coll. SNSB – Zoologische Staatssammlung München (Germany): &amp;male; pupal exuviae, slide-mounted in Euparal (F. Reiss); GERMANY, Schleswig-Holstein, Großer Waterneverstorfer Binnensee, reared from sample 'W.S.Z. bei 6' (original label on slide) taken at 1.5–2.5 m depth, 19.vi.1923, <i>leg.</i> F. Lenz. There is 'firm evidence' that the pupal exuviae designated above is 'biologically and for the purposes of nomenclature' (ICZN 1980) part of one of the syntypes of <i>E. pectoralis</i> that Kieffer (1924) had described as adults from Lenz's rearings (see Lenz 1937). In the voluminous correspondence on such cases between A. Thienemann / F. Lenz and J.J. Kieffer that is preserved at ZSM (see, <i>e.g.</i>, Spies 2001) there is one letter, dated ' 27.ix.1923 ' by Thienemann, that includes an identification request for a sample 'W.S.Z. bei 6' (in Lenz's handwriting); the latter sample code appears nowhere else in the correspondence. When Kieffer returned that letter, he [...]
FIGURE 1. Adult male. A. Einfeldia australiensis, anterior thorax, lateral view; B. Xenochironomu... more FIGURE 1. Adult male. A. Einfeldia australiensis, anterior thorax, lateral view; B. Xenochironomus sp., anterior thorax, lateral; C, D. Einfeldia australiensis, fore and hind tibial apices; E. Xenochironomus sp., superior volsella: left: = dorsal; right = ventral.
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