Beardius

Beardius is a genus of Pan-American non-biting midges in the subfamily Chironominae of the bloodworm family Chironomidae. It is named after the late Melvin Beard, a student at Eastern New Mexico University.

==Species== B. abbadi Pinho, Mendes & Andersen, 2013 B. aciculatus Andersen & Sæther, 1996 B. arawak Pinho, Mendes & Andersen, 2013 B. bizzoi Pinho, Mendes & Andersen, 2013 B. breviculus Reiss & Sublette, 1985 B. bucephalus Pinho, Mendes & Andersen, 2013 B. chapala Pinho, Mendes & Andersen, 2013 B. cristhinae Trivinho-Strixino & Siqueira, 2007 B. curticaudatus Pinho, Mendes & Andersen, 2013 B. dioi Pinho, Mendes & Andersen, 2013 B. fittkaui Pinho, Mendes & Andersen, 2009 B. hirtidorsum Pinho, Mendes & Andersen, 2013 B. krenak Pinho, Mendes & Andersen, 2013 B. kumadueni Pinho, Mendes & Andersen, 2013 B. lingulatus Andersen & Sæther, 1996 B. longicaudatus Pinho, Mendes & Andersen, 2013 B. mileneae Pinho, Mendes & Andersen, 2013 B. nebularius Pinho, Mendes & Andersen, 2013 B. neusae Pinho, Mendes & Andersen, 2013 B. novoairensis Pinho, Mendes & Andersen, 2013 B. parcus Reiss & Sublette, 1985 B. phoenix Pinho, Mendes & Andersen, 2013 B. phytophilus Trivinho-Strixino & Strixino, 2000 B. reissi Jacobsen, 2000 B. roquei Trivinho-Strixino & Siqueira, 2007 B. sapiranga Pinho, Mendes & Andersen, 2013 B. triangulatus Andersen & Sæther, 1996 B. truncatus Reiss & Sublette, 1985 B. tupinamba Pinho, Mendes & Andersen, 2013 B. urupeatan Pinho, Mendes & Andersen, 2009 B. vanessae Pinho, Mendes & Andersen, 2013 B. xylophilus Trivinho-Strixino & Strixino, 2000 B. yperoig Pinho, Mendes & Andersen, 2013