Metriocnemus

Metriocnemus
Metriocnemus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Suborder: Nematocera
Infraorder: Culicomorpha
Superfamily: Chironomoidea
Family: Chironomidae
Subfamily: Orthocladiinae
Genus: Metriocnemus
van der Wulp, 1874

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

Species

  • M. acutus Sæther, 1995
  • M. aequalis Johannsen, 1934
  • M. albolineatus (Meigen, 1818)
  • M. atratulus (Zetterstedt, 1850)
  • M. atriclava Kieffer, 1921
  • M. beringiensis (Cranston & Oliver, 1988)
  • M. brusti Sæther, 1989
  • M. carmencitabertarum Langton & Cobo, 1997
  • M. caudigus Sæther, 1995
  • M. cavicola Kieffer, 1921
  • M. corticalis Strenzke, 1950
  • M. edwardsi Jones, 1916
  • M. eryngiotelmatus, Donato & Paggi, 2005[1]
  • M. eurynotus (Holmgren, 1883)
  • M. exilacies Sæther, 1995
  • M. fuscipes (Meigen, 1818)
  • M. herbicolus Hardy, 1960
  • M. hirticollis (Stæger, 1839)
  • M. hornsbyensis Freeman, 1961
  • M. hygropetricus (Kieffer, 1911)
  • M. inopinatus Strenzke, 1950
  • M. intergerivus Sæther, 1995
  • M. knabi Coquillett, 1904[2]
  • M. lacteolus Goetghebuer, 1921
  • M. longipennis (Holmgren, 1883)
  • M. obscuripes (Holmgren, 1869)
  • M. pankratovae Golubeva, 1980
  • M. perfuscus Malloch, 1934
  • M. picipes (Meigen, 1818)
  • M. polaris Kieffer, 1926
  • M. similis Kieffer, 1922
  • M. terrester Pagast, 1941
  • M. tristellus Edwards, 1929
  • M. ursinus (Holmgren, 1869)
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References

  1. ^ 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 (New Zealand: Magnolia Press) 1050: 1–14. ISSN 1175-5334. http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2005f/z01050p014f.pdf. Retrieved 2009-04-01. 
  2. ^ Heard, S. B. (1994). "Pitcher-plant midges and mosquitoes: a processing chain commensalism". Ecology 75 (6): 1647–1660. doi:10.2307/1939625. JSTOR 1939625. 


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