Metriocnemus

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Metriocnemus
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Metriocnemus picipes
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Chironomidae
Subfamily: Orthocladiinae
Genus: Metriocnemus
van der Wulp, 1874
Type species
Chironomus albolineatus
Meigen, 1818
Synonyms
  • ArctomyiaLundström, 1915
  • ChasmatocladiusKieffer, 1919
  • CrymaleomyiaAshe & O'Connor, 2000
  • DolichoprymnaLundström, 1915
  • InermipupaLangton & Cobo, 1997
  • WulpiellaKieffer, 1899

Metriocnemus is a genus of non-biting midges in the subfamily Orthocladiinae of the bloodworm family Chironomidae.

Species

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Orthocladiinae</span> Subfamily of flies

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Chironominae</span> Subfamily of flies

Chironominae is a subfamily of midges in the non-biting midge family (Chironomidae).

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Chironomini is a tribe of midges in the non-biting midge family (Chironomidae).

<i>Polypedilum</i> Genus of flies

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Pentaneurini is a tribe of midges in the non-biting midge family (Chironomidae).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Diamesinae</span> Subfamily of insects

Diamesinae is a subfamily of midges in the non-biting midge family (Chironomidae).

Diamesini is a tribe of midges in the non-biting midge family (Chironomidae).

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 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 .
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ Mariano Donato & Analía C. Paggi (2005). "A new Neotropical species of the genus Metriocnemus van der Wulp (Chironomidae: Orthocladiinae) from Eryngium L. (Apiaceae) phytotelmata" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1050. New Zealand: Magnolia Press: 1–14. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1050.1.1. ISSN   1175-5334 . Retrieved 2009-04-01.
  4. ↑ Heard, S. B. (1994). "Pitcher-plant midges and mosquitoes: a processing chain commensalism". Ecology. 75 (6): 1647–1660. Bibcode:1994Ecol...75.1647H. doi:10.2307/1939625. JSTOR   1939625.


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