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Corethrella marksae

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Corethrella marksae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Corethrellidae
Genus: Corethrella
Species:
C. marksae
Binomial name
Corethrella marksae
Colless, 1986
Synonyms

Corethra marksae Colless, 1986

Corethrella marksae is a species of frog-biting midge in the family Corethrellidae first circumscribed in 1986 by entomologist D. H. Colless, who named it in honor of Dr. Elizabeth Nesta Marks. It is the type species for the marksae species-group.[1][2]

The type specimens of C. marksae were collected from a "small, pebbly back-water of a flowing river" in Australia.[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Colless, Dh (1986). "The Australian Chaoboridae (Diptera)". Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series. 34 (124): 1. doi:10.1071/AJZS124.
  2. ^ a b Borkent, Art; Grafe, T. Ulmar (25 April 2012). "The Frog-Biting Midges of Borneo—From Two to Eleven Species (Corethrellidae: Diptera)". Zootaxa. 3279 (1): 1. doi:10.11646/ZOOTAXA.3279.1.1. S2CID 3958891.