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Metriocnemus

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

Species

GENUS

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

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
2,557
With media
7
Family
Chironomidae
Collections
UAM, UCMP, KU, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH, CENTRE FOR BIODIVERSITY GENOMICS
Recorded in
United States, Mexico, Canada

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Orthocladiinae
Image
Metriocnemus picipes, Trawscoed, North Wales, Oct 2015 2 - Flickr - janetgraham84.jpg
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taxon name
Metriocnemus
taxon rank
genus
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Category:Metriocnemus
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Encyclopedic overview

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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. calvescens Sæther, 1995 M. carmencitabertarum Langton & Cobo, 1997 M. caudigus Sæther, 1995 M. cavicola Kieffer, 1921 M. corticalis Strenzke, 1950 M. dentipalpus Sæther, 1995 M. edwardsi Jones, 1916 M. eryngiotelmatus, Donato & Paggi, 2005 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 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) M. wangi Sæther, 1995

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