Planaria is a genus of planarians in the family Planariidae. When an individual is cut into pieces, each piece has the ability to regenerate into a fully formed individual.
Brook salamanders are a genus, Eurycea, of salamanders native to North America.
The Chironomidae comprise a family of nematoceran flies with a global distribution. They are closely related to the Ceratopogonidae, Simuliidae, and Thaumaleidae. Many species superficially resemble mosquitoes, but they lack the wing scales and elongated mouthparts of the Culicidae.
The common bream, freshwater bream, bream, bronze bream, carp bream or sweaty bream, is a European species of freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is now considered to be the only species in the genus Abramis.
Paleolimnology is a scientific sub-discipline closely related to both limnology and paleoecology. Paleolimnological studies focus on reconstructing the past environments of inland waters using the geologic record, especially with regard to events such as climatic change, eutrophication, acidification, and internal ontogenic processes.
The proboscis bat is a species of bat found in South America and Central America. Other common names include Long-nosed proboscis bat, sharp-nosed bat, Brazilian long-nosed bat. and river bat It is the only species in the genus Rhynchonycteris.
The bar-winged weaver is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae. It is found in Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Zambia.
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. The genus is known from male adult stage only. This species is known from the States of Paraná and Rio de Janeiro along the Brazilian Atlantic Forest.
Stictochironomus is a genus of non-biting midges in the subfamily Chironominae of the bloodworm family Chironomidae. Members of this genus often have strongly marked wings and legs. The larvae of these midges may also have distinct dark patterns on the dorsal side of the head capsule. They live in sand and other sediments in a variety of fresh water habitats in densities of several hundred per square meter.
Tanypus is a genus of non-biting midges in the family Chironomidae. There are at least 100 described species in Tanypus.
Coffmania is a genus of small yellow chironomid midges with two known species, both found in the Darjeeling and Sikkim areas of the Indian Himalayas. The generic name honours Professor W. P. Coffman of the University of Pittsburgh.
Lerheimia aviculata 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.
Lerheimia scopulata 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.
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.
Lerheimia wulfi is a species of chironomid midge found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is only separable from its congeners from details of the genitalia.
Brachymonas is a genus of gram-negative, aerobic bacteria.
Brachymonas chironomi is a Gram-negative, nonmotile, aerobic, oxidase-positive, catalase-positive, chemo-organotrophic bacterium from the genus Brachymonas and family Comamonadaceae, which was isolated from a chironomid egg mass in Israel. Brachymonas chironomi occur as single cells ore as pairs and sometimes as chains. The colony color of B. chironomi is beige and changes after a few days into brown-beige.
Dolania is a monotypic genus of mayfly in the family Behningiidae containing the single species Dolania americana, also known as the American sand-burrowing mayfly. It is found in the southeastern United States, as far south as Florida, and is generally uncommon. The adult insects emerge before dawn in early summer, mate and die within the space of about thirty minutes. The female deposits her eggs in the water and dies within five minutes of emergence, believed to be the shortest adult lifespan of any insect.
Dungeyella is an extinct genus of chironomid midge from the Wealden amber of the Wessex Formation of the Isle of Wight, UK, containing the single species D. gavini. it belongs to the subfamily Buchonomyiinae.
Xylotopus is a genus of midges in the family Chironomidae. There are at least two described species in Xylotopus.
