Apometriocnemus

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Apometriocnemus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Diptera
Family:
Chironomidae
Subfamily:
Orthocladiinae
Genus:
Apometriocnemus

Sæther, 1984 [1]
Type species
Apometriocnemus fontinalis
Sæther, 1984 [1]

Apometriocnemus is a genus of non-biting midges in the subfamily Chironominae of the bloodworm family Chironomidae. [1]

Species

A. beringensisCranston & Oliver, 1988 [3] was transferred to Metriocnemus by Sæther in 1995. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Sæther, O. A. (1984). "Apometriocnemus fontinalis gen. n. sp. n. (Diptera: Chironomidae) from Tennessee, USA". Entomologica Scandinavica. 15: 536–539. doi: 10.1163/187631284X00389 .
  2. ↑ Suzuki, H.; Kobayashi, T. (1999). "The First Record of the Genus Apometriocnemus Sæther, 1985: A. Japonicus Sp. N. from the Palaearctic Region (Diptera: Chironomidae)" (PDF). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie. 142 (1–2): 65–67. doi:10.1163/22119434-99900019.
  3. ↑ Cranston, P. S.; Oliver, D. R. (1988). "ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS TO THE NEARCTIC ORTHOCLADIINAE (DIPTERA: CHIRONOMIDAE)". The Canadian Entomologist . 120 (5): 425–462. doi:10.4039/Ent120425-5.
  4. ↑ Sæther, O. A. (1995). "Metriocnemus van der Wulp : Seven new species, revision of species, and new records (Diptera : Chironomidae)" (PDF). Annales de Limnologie. 31 (1): 35–64. doi: 10.1051/limn/1995002 .


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