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Parachironomus

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Parachironomus

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Parachironomus is a genus of non-biting midges in the subfamily Chironominae 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
330
With media
6
Family
Chironomidae
Collections
IBUNAM, NMV, YPM, UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH, CENTRE FOR BIODIVERSITY GENOMICS
Recorded in
Mexico, Australia, United States, Canada

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Chironomidae
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taxon name
Parachironomus
taxon rank
genus
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Category:Parachironomus
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Encyclopedic overview

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  • Species
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Parachironomus is a genus of non-biting midges in the subfamily Chironominae of the bloodworm family Chironomidae.

==Species== P. abortivus (Malloch, 1915) P. aculeatus (Kieffer, 1921) P. acutus (Goetghebuer, 1936) P. alatus (Beck, 1962) P. arcuatus (Goetghebuer, 1919) P. biannulatus (Stæger, 1839) P. carinatus (Townes, 1945) P. chaetaolus (Sublette, 1960) P. cinctellus (Goetghebuer, 1921) P. danicus Lehmann, 1970 P. digitalis (Edwards, 1929) P. directus (Dendy & Sublette, 1959) P. elodeae (Townes, 1945) P. forceps (Townes, 1945) P. frequens (Johannsen, 1905) P. kuzini Shilova, 1969 P. longiforceps Kruseman, 1933 P. mauricii (Kruseman, 1933) P. monochromus (van der Wulp, 1874) P. paradigitalis Brundin, 1949 P. parilis (Walker, 1856) P. pectinatellae (Dendy & Sublette, 1959) P. potamogeti (Townes, 1945) P. schneideri Beck & Beck, 1969 P. siljanensis Brundin, 1949 P. subalpinus (Goetghebuer, 1932) P. sublettei (Beck, 1961) P. swammerdami (Kruseman, 1933) P. tenuicaudatus (Malloch, 1915) P. varus (Goetghebuer, 1921) P. vitiosus (Goetghebuer, 1921)

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