Carbochironomus improvisus new genus new species from the brown coal mining area in germany chironomidae diptera
Reiss F.; Kirschbaum S., 1990: Carbochironomus improvisus new genus new species from the brown coal mining area in germany chironomidae diptera. Spixiana 13(3): 267-271
The male adult of CARBOCHIRONOMUS improvisus, gen. nov. spec. nov. is described. The unknown immatures presumable live in a small man-made lake of the brown coal mining area near Cologne, Western Germany. Carbochironomus belongs to the Harnischia complex, and is closely related to the genus Kloosia Kruseman.