Xenochironomus Kieffer 1921
Genus Xenochironomus Kieffer, 1921 A genus with ~20 species distributed in the Neotropical, Nearctic, Palaearctic, Oriental, and Australasian regions. The genus was revised by Fusari et al. (2013). The larvae of almost all species are obligate miners in freshwater sponges in standing and flowing waters (Epler et al. 2013).
Institutions
- Universidad Autónoma de Chiriquí (PA)
- University of Gdańsk (PL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
- Published
- 2025-03-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15224238
- Primary Topic
- Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00