Overview
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Critically Endangered |
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Common Names
Common Names in English:
Tasmanian Torrent Midge
Description
Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
)
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
)
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
(
)
- Aguinaldo Et Al., 1997 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
(
)
- Cuvier
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
(
)
- Latreille, 1829
- Arthropods
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
(
)
- Snodgrass, 1938
- Infraphylum:
Atelocerata
(
)
- Heymons, 1901
- Superclass:
Panhexapoda
(
)
- Epiclass:
Hexapoda
(
)
- Class:
Insecta
(
)
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Insects
- Subclass:
Dicondylia
(
)
- Infraclass:
Pterygota
(
)
- Superorder:
Panorpida
(
)
- Order:
Diptera
(
)
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Suborder:
Nematocera
(
)
- Infraorder:
Blephariceromorpha
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)
- Family:
Blephariceridae
(
)
-
- Genus:
Edwardsina
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)
- Specific name:
tasmaniensis
- Tonnoir, 1924
- Scientific name: - Edwardsina tasmaniensis
- Specific name:
tasmaniensis
- Tonnoir, 1924
- Genus:
Edwardsina
(
- Family:
Blephariceridae
(
- Infraorder:
Blephariceromorpha
(
- Suborder:
Nematocera
(
- Order:
Diptera
(
- Superorder:
Panorpida
(
- Infraclass:
Pterygota
(
- Subclass:
Dicondylia
(
- Class:
Insecta
(
- Epiclass:
Hexapoda
(
- Superclass:
Panhexapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Atelocerata
(
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
(
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
(
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
(
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
Members of the genus Edwardsina
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 33 species and subspecies in this genus:
E. aberrans · E. affinis · E. alticola · E. argentinensis · E. aspera · E. australiensis · E. australiensis aberrans · E. bentulosa · E. bubalus · E. chilensis · E. chilota · E. confinis · E. confusa · E. dispar · E. ferruginea · E. fuscipes · E. gigantea (Giant Torrent Midge) · E. gracilis · E. imperatrix · E. luteipleura · E. montana · E. nigra · E. pilosa · E. plicata · E. polymorpha · E. reticulata · E. similis · E. soror · E. spinosa · E. stigmatica · E. tasmaniensis (Tasmanian Torrent Midge) · E. torrentium · E. williamsi
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Further Reading
- Groombridge, B. (ed.) 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
- IUCN. 1990. 1990 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
- Wells, S.M., Pyle, R.M. and Collins, N.M. (compilers) 1983. The IUCN Invertebrate Red Data Book. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. [http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/Taxonomicon/]. Access date: Nov 23, 2005
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. Edwardsina tasmaniensis. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 October 2006.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 8815758
- IUCN ID: 7037
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 4585
