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Corynoneura

Chamutiová, Tímea;Hamerlík, Ladislav;Bitušík, Peter

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Corynoneura

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Corynoneura is a speciose genus of non-biting midges in the subfamily Orthocladiinae of the bloodworm family Chironomidae. With a world-wide distribution (absent from Antarctica), these small midges are found in both flowing and standing freshwater of various thermal regimes.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderDiptera
  5. FamilyChironomidae

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
1,827
With media
34
Family
Chironomidae
Collections
UAM, NMV, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH, CENTRE FOR BIODIVERSITY GENOMICS
Recorded in
United States, Australia, Canada

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Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Orthocladiinae
Image
Corynoneura scutellata.jpg
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taxon name
Corynoneura
taxon rank
genus
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Category:Corynoneura
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Corynoneura is a speciose genus of non-biting midges in the subfamily Orthocladiinae of the bloodworm family Chironomidae. With a world-wide distribution (absent from Antarctica), these small midges are found in both flowing and standing freshwater of various thermal regimes.

==Species== C. arctica Kieffer, 1923 C. brundini Hirvenoja & Hirvenoja, 1988 C. carriana Edwards, 1924 C. celeripes Winnertz, 1852 C. celtica Edwards, 1924 C. coronata Edwards, 1924 C. diara Roback, 1957 C. edwardsi Brundin, 1949 C. fittkaui Schlee, 1968 C. fortispicula Weidenburg & Trivinho-Strixino, 2011 C. gratias Schlee, 1968 C. gynocera Tuiskunen, 1983 C. hermanni Weidenburg & Trivinho-Strixino, 2011 C. lacustris Edwards, 1924 C. lobata Edwards, 1924 C. longipennis Tokunaga, 1936 C. magna Brundin, 1949 C. marina Kieffer, 1924 C. mediaspicula Weidenburg & Trivinho-Strixino, 2011 C. mineira Weidenburg & Trivinho-Strixino, 2011 C. oxfordana Boesel and Winner, 1980 C. scutellata Winnertz, 1846 C. septadentata Weidenburg & Trivinho-Strixino, 2011 C. sertaodaquina Weidenburg & Trivinho-Strixino, 2011 C. taris Roback, 1957 C. unicapsulata Weidenburg & Trivinho-Strixino, 2011

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