Cryptochironomus hentonensis

Cryptochironomus hentonensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Chironomidae
Subfamily: Chironominae
Genus: Cryptochironomus
Species:
C. hentonensis
Binomial name
Cryptochironomus hentonensis
Hasegawa & Sasa, 1987

Cryptochironomus hentonensis is a species of midge in the family Chironomidae.[1]

The species was first described in 1987 by the Japanese entomologists Hideo Hasegawa & Manabu Sasa,[1][2] from specimens collected on Okinawa Island and Ishigaki Island, in 1981 and 1982.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "Cryptochironomus hentonensis Hasegawa & Sasa, 1987". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2025-07-09.
  2. ^ a b Hideo HASEGAWA; Manabu Sasa (1987). "Taxonomical notes on the chironomid midges of the tribe Chironomini collected from the Ryukyu Islands, Japan, with description of their immature stages". Medical Entomology and Zoology (in English and Japanese). 38 (4): 275-295 [291-292]. doi:10.7601/MEZ.38.275. ISSN 0424-7086. Wikidata Q107149309.