Rheopelopia

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Rheopelopia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Chironomidae
Tribe: Pentaneurini
Genus: Rheopelopia
Fittkau, 1962

Rheopelopia is a genus of non-biting midges in the subfamily Tanypodinae of the bloodworm family Chironomidae.

Species

References

  1. Proceedings of The Academy of Natural Sciences (Vol. 133, 1981). Academy of Natural Sciences. 19 November 1981. p. 114. ISBN   978-1-4379-5529-3 . Retrieved 6 June 2025.
  2. Klink, Alexander (1982). "Rheopelopia ornata (Meigen): Description of the metamorphosis and ecology of a river inhabiting Tanypodinae-larva, new to the Dutch fauna (Diptera: Chironomidae)" (PDF). ENTOMOLOGISCHE BERICHTEN. Retrieved 6 June 2025.