Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Allotriocarida > Subphylum Hexapoda > Class Insecta > Infraclass Pterygota > Order Diptera > Suborder Nematocera > Infraorder Culicomorpha > Superfamily Chironomoidea > Family Chironomidae > Subfamily Telmatogetoninae > Genus Telmatogeton

Telmatogeton japonicus Tokunaga, 1933

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Telmatogeton*	Schiner, 1866	accepted genus name
*Charadromyia*	Terry, 1913	generic synonym
*Halirytus*	Eaton, 1875	generic synonym
*Jacobsiella*	Ruebsaamen, 1906	generic synonym
*Paraclunio*	Kieffer, 1911	generic synonym
*Psamathiomya*	Deby, 1889	generic synonym
*Trissoclunio*	Kieffer, 1920	generic synonym

Species group names

*Telmatogeton gedanensis*	Szadziewski, 1977	subjective synonym
*Telmatogeton remanei*	Remmert, 1963	subjective synonym

Literature

original description	Tokunaga, M. (1933). Chironomidae from Japan (Diptera): I. Clunioninae. Philippine Journal of Science. 51(1): 87-100, pls: 1-2.
basis of record	Legakis, A. (2001). Insecta, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 323-324
additional source	Cheng, L. (Ed.). (1976). Marine insects. North-Holland Publishing Company: Amsterdam, The Netherlands. ISBN 0-444-11213-8. XII, 581 pp.