Axarus
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Chironomidae |
| Tribe: | Chironomini |
| Genus: | Axarus Roback, 1980 |
The genus Axarus is widely distributed with records from the
Neotropics and Australasia .[1][2] There are currently 5 described nearctic species .[3] Erected as a subgenus (Anceus) of Xenochironomus ,[4] Axarus was subsequently renamed and elevated to generic status .[5] The Connecticut River in the eastern United States harbors locally dense populations of two Axarus species, both currently undescribed. These populations are interesting in that they are restricted to specific larval habitat (varve clay and sometimes rotting wood) and thus there is genetic structure between populations in the river .[6] The Connecticut River species are also notable in that they have extremely well developed polytene chromosomes and also maintain a high degree of inversion polymorphism .[7][8]
Species
- A. dorneri (Malloch, 1915)
- A. festivus Say, 1823
- A. rogersi (Beck and Beck, 1958)
- A. scopula (Townes, 1945)
- A. taenionotus (Say, 1829)
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References
- ^ Andersen, T. & H. F. Mendes (2002). "New species and records of the Axarus "rogersi-group" from South and Central America (Diptera, Chironomidae)". Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae. 48: 35–40.
- ^ Cranston, P. S.; M. E. Dillon; L. C. V. Pinder & F. Reiss (1989). "The Adult Males of Chironominae (Diptera, Chironomidae) of the Holarctic Region - Keys and Diagnoses". Ent. Scand. Supp. 34: 353–502.
- JSTOR 2421112.
- Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc.88: 235–245.
- Entomological News. 91: 32.
- S2CID 16927220.
- doi:10.1139/z03-227.
- S2CID 16567486.
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