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Metriocnemus

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Metriocnemus
Metriocnemus picipes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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
  • Arctomyia Lundström, 1915
  • Chasmatocladius Kieffer, 1919
  • Crymaleomyia Ashe & O'Connor, 2000
  • Dolichoprymna Lundström, 1915
  • Inermipupa Langton & Cobo, 1997
  • Wulpiella Kieffer, 1899

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

Species

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h 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.