Conchapelopia

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Conchapelopia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Chironomidae
Tribe: Pentaneurini
Genus: Conchapelopia
Fittkau, 1957
Species

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Conchapelopia is a genus of flies belonging to the family Chironomidae (the non-biting midges).

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Species

Species include:

Eurasian species

Nearctic species

[1]

African species

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References

  1. McShaffrey, Dave; Olive, John H. (1985). "Ecology and Distribution of Chironomid Larvae from Carroll County, Ohio (Diptera: Chironomidae)" (PDF). The Ohio Journal of Science. Columbus, Ohio, USA: The Ohio Academy of Science. 85 (4): 190–198. ISSN   0030-0950 . Retrieved 2009-05-22.
  2. 1 2 "Genus Conchapelopia in Namibia". Namibia: Namibian Biodiversity Database. Retrieved 2020-06-04.