Metriocnemus

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

Metriocnemus
Metriocnemus picipes
Scientific classification
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

Species

  • M. acutus Sæther, 1995[1]
  • M. aequalis Johannsen, 1934
  • M. albolineatus (Meigen, 1818)
  • M. atratulus (Zetterstedt, 1850)
  • M. atriclava Kieffer, 1921
  • M. beringiensis (Cranston & Oliver, 1988)[2][1]
  • M. brusti Sæther, 1989
  • M. calvescens Sæther, 1995[1]
  • M. carmencitabertarum Langton & Cobo, 1997
  • M. caudigus Sæther, 1995[1]
  • M. cavicola Kieffer, 1921
  • M. corticalis Strenzke, 1950
  • M. dentipalpus Sæther, 1995[1]
  • M. edwardsi Jones, 1916
  • M. eryngiotelmatus, Donato & Paggi, 2005[3]
  • M. eurynotus (Holmgren, 1883)
  • M. exilacies Sæther, 1995[1]
  • 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[1]
  • M. knabi Coquillett, 1904[4]
  • 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[1]

References

  1. 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. New Zealand: Magnolia Press. 1050: 1–14. 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. doi:10.2307/1939625. JSTOR 1939625.


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