Lerheimia villangulata

(Lerheimia villangulata)

Description

Lerheimia villangulata is a species of chironomid midge only known from the western Usambara Mountains in Tanzania. It is only separable from its congeners from details of the genitalia.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum:

Class: Insecta

Order:Diptera

Family:Chironomidae

Genus:Lerheimia

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