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The parthenogenetic midge of water supply systems, Paratanytarsus grimmii (Schneider) (Diptera: Chironomidae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

P. H. Langton ,
P. S. Cranston  and
P. Armitage
P. H. Langton
Affiliation:
3, St Felix Road, Ramsey Forty Foot, Huntingdon, Cambs., PE 17 1YH, UK
P. S. Cranston
Affiliation:
ANIC, Division of Entomology, CSIRO, GPO Box 1700, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia and formerly Entomology Department, British Museum (Natural History), Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, UK
P. Armitage
Affiliation:
Freshwater Biological Association River Laboratory, East Stoke, nr Wareham, Dorset, UK
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Abstract

Chironomid midges have been known to include parthenogenetic species for over a century. One of these species, Paratanytarsus grimmii (Schneider), cited under several different names here shown to be junior synonyms, has attained some notoriety as a pest. Its occurrence as a supposedly paedogenetic (actually pharate adult parthenogenetic) inhabitant of water distribution systems is discussed and related to its more usual occurrence in a variety of small water bodies including aquaria. New synonymy is proposed and a lectotype designated.

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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 78 , Issue 2 , June 1988 , pp. 317 - 328
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1988

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