Pontomyia natans EDWARDS 1926
Creators: name: Huang, Danwei
name: Cheng, Lanna
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Chironomidae
Pontomyia
Pontomyia natans

description: <i>PONTOMYIA NATANS</i> EDWARDS, 1926 Australia: Princess Charlotte Bay, Queensland, 14°25 <i>′</i> S, 144°00 <i>′</i> E, males only (Mackerras, 1950; Hashimoto, 1959); Low Isles, Queensland, 16°18 <i>′</i> S, 145°35 <i>′</i> E, males only (Hashimoto, 1959; Marks, 1971). Fiji: West and north side of Nukumbutho Island, 18°10.47 <i>′</i> S, 178°28.34 <i>′</i> E, one male (this study; N. Reiff, pers. comm.). Japan: Sado Marine Biological Station, Sado Island, Aikawa, 38°15 <i>′</i> N, 138°30 <i>′</i> E, males and females, larvae, and pupae (Hashimoto, 1959); Oshoro Marine Station, Hokkaido (near Otaru), 43°10 <i>′</i> N, 140°50 <i>′</i> E, males only (Hashimoto, 1959); Seto Marine Biological Laboratory, Kii Peninsula, Shirahama, 33°39 <i>′</i> N, 135°22 <i>′</i> E, males only (Hashimoto, 1959). Marshall islands: Enewetak Atoll, 11°30 <i>′</i> N, 162°15 <i>′</i> E, males only (Cheng &amp; Hashimoto, 1978). Malaysia: Paya Beach, Pulau Tioman, 02°47 <i>′</i> N, 104°07 <i>′</i> E, males only (this study; <b>P27</b>). Maldives: Hanimaadhoo Island, South Thiladhunmathee Atoll, 6°45.6 <i>′</i> N, 73°00.2 <i>′</i> E, males only (this study; <b>P02</b>); Embudhoofinolhu Island, South Male Atoll, 4°06 <i>′</i> N, 73°31 <i>′</i> E, males and female (this study; <b>P04</b>, <b>P07</b>, and <b>P10</b>). *Samoa: Upolu Island, 13°55 <i>′</i> S, 171°45 <i>′</i> W, males and females (Buxton, 1926). New Caledonia: Lagoon Ouvea, Loyalty Islands, 20°42.23 <i>′</i> S, 166°24.32 <i>′</i> E, males only (this study). Taiwan: Wanliton, 22°00 <i>′</i> N, 120°42 <i>′</i> E, and Howan, 22°03.0 <i>′</i> N, 120°41.5 <i>′</i> E, Pintung County, males and females, larvae, and pupae (Soong, Chen &amp; Cao, 1999); Coral culture tank, National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium (NMMBA), Checheng, Pintung, 22°00 <i>′</i> N, 120°45 <i>′</i> E, males, larvae (this study; <b>P03</b> and <b>P15</b>).
description: Published as part of <i>Huang, Danwei &amp; Cheng, Lanna, 2011, The flightless marine midge Pontomyia (Diptera: Chironomidae): ecology, distribution, and molecular phylogeny, pp. 443-456 in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 162 (2)</i> on pages 445-446, DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2010.00680.x, http://zenodo.org/record/5440305
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