Chironomus okinawanus
| Chironomus okinawanus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Chironomidae |
| Tribe: | Chironomini |
| Genus: | Chironomus |
| Species: | C. okinawanus
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| Binomial name | |
| Chironomus okinawanus | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Chironomus tokarabeceus Sasa & Suzuki, 1995 | |
Chironomus okinawanus is a species of midge in the family Chironomidae.[2]
The species was first described in 1987 by the Japanese entomologists Hideo Hasegawa & Manabu Sasa,[2][3][4] from pupae and a male adult collected on Okinawa Island.[3] It was later redescribed in 1995 as Chironomus tokarabeceus[4][1] by Manabu Sasa & Hiroshi Suzuki,[4][5] from a specimen collected from the Tokara Islands.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Oriental Chironomus: C. okinawanus". www.chironomidae.net. Retrieved 2025-07-08.
- ^ a b "Chironomus okinawanus Hasegawa & Sasa, 1987". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2025-07-08.
- ^ a b Hideo HASEGAWA; Manabu Sasa (1987). "Taxonomical notes on the chironomid midges of the tribe Chironomini collected from the Ryukyu Islands, Japan, with description of their immature stages". Medical Entomology and Zoology (in English and Japanese). 38 (4): 275-295 [283-284]. doi:10.7601/MEZ.38.275. ISSN 0424-7086. Wikidata Q107149309.
- ^ a b c "Chironomus tokarabeceus Sasa & Suzuki, 1995". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2025-07-09.
- ^ a b Hideo HASEGAWA; Manabu Sasa (1987). "Taxonomical notes on the chironomid midges of the tribe Chironomini collected from the Ryukyu Islands, Japan, with description of their immature stages". Medical Entomology and Zoology (in English and Japanese). 38 (4): 275–295. doi:10.7601/MEZ.38.275. ISSN 0424-7086. Wikidata Q107149309.
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