Chironomidae (diptera: Insecta) in Oceanic islands: New records for the Azores and biogeographic notes

Annales de Limnologie

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 59-67

  Raposeiro, Pedro Miguel ^a   Hughes, Samantha Jane ^b,c   Costa, Ana Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MADEIRA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Azores; Chironomidae; Distribution; Insecta; Island species area relationship (ISAR); Oceanic islands

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; FLY; MORPHOLOGY; NEW RECORD; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; TAXONOMY;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; AZORES; EURASIA; EUROPE; MACARONESIA; OCEANIC REGIONS; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMINAE; DIPTERA; INSECTA; ORTHOCLADIINAE; ORTHOCLADIUS (EUDACTYLOCLADIUS); PARACHAETOCLADIUS; PARACHIRONOMUS TENUICAUDATUS; PARATENDIPES ALBIMANUS; PSEUDORTHOCLADIUS; SYNORTHOCLADIUS SEMIVIRENS;

EID: 68149126165     PISSN: 00034088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/limn/2009012     Document Type: Article

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