Monsoonal tropical Tanytarsus van der Wulp (Diptera: Chironomidae) reviewed: New species, life histories and significance as aquatic environmental indicators

Australian Journal of Entomology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 138-159

  Cranston, Peter S ^a,b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Australian tropics; Bioindication; Chironomidae; Tanytarsus

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; BIOINDICATOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LITERATURE; NEW SPECIES; TROPICS;

TANYTARSUS; TANYTARSUS BISPINOSUS; TANYTARSUS DOSTINEI; TANYTARSUS DYCEI; TANYTARSUS GULUNGUL; TANYTARSUS HARDWICKI; TANYTARSUS HUMPHREYI; TANYTARSUS MANLYENSIS; TANYTARSUS MICKSMITHI; TANYTARSUS REIDI; TANYTARSUS RICHARDSI; TANYTARSUS ROSARIO; TANYTARSUS WENDYLEE; VIRGATANYTARSUS;

EID: 0034725681     PISSN: 13266756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-6055.2000.00170.x     Document Type: Article

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