''Lyrocladius'' is a genus of
chironomid midges that belongs to the subfamily
Orthocladiinae and is composed of a single species, ''Lyrocladius radulatus'' Mendes et Andersen (2008), described from
Brazil
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. The genus is known from male adult stage only. This species is known from the States of
Paraná and
Rio de Janeiro
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along the Brazilian
Atlantic Forest.
The types/
biological type of the known species are housed in São Paulo, Brazil and Bergen, Norway.
The
etymology
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of the genus is from the Greek "lyre", meaning lyre, referring to the shape of the anal point; "cladius" stands as a common ending among
Orthocladiinae.
References
*Mendes, H.F. & Andersen, T. (2008) A review of ''Antillocladius'' Sæther, 1981 and ''Litocladius'' Mendes, Andersen et Sæther, with the description of two new Neotropical genera (Diptera, Chironomidae, Orthocladiinae). Zootaxa 1887, 1–75.
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Chironomidae