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    Apometriocnemus

    Topic: Biology

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    Short description: Genus of flies


    Apometriocnemus
    Scientific classification
    Kingdom:
    Animalia
    Phylum:
    Arthropoda
    Class:
    Insecta
    Order:
    Diptera
    Suborder:
    Nematocera
    Infraorder:
    Culicomorpha
    Superfamily:
    Chironomoidea
    Family:
    Chironomidae
    Subfamily:
    Orthocladiinae
    Genus:
    Apometriocnemus

    Sæther, 1984[1]
    Type species
    Apometriocnemus fontinalis
    Sæther, 1984[1]

    Apometriocnemus is a genus of non-biting midges in the subfamily Chironominae of the bloodworm family Chironomidae.[1]

    Species

    • A. fontinalis Sæther, 1984[1]
    • A. japonicus Kobayashi & Suzuki, 1999[2]

    A. beringensis Cranston & Oliver, 1988[3] was transferred to Metriocnemus by Sæther in 1995.[4]

    References

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Sæther, O. A. (1984). "Apometriocnemus fontinalis gen. n. sp. n. (Diptera: Chironomidae) from Tennessee, USA.". Entomologica Scandinavica 15: 536–539. doi:10.1163/187631284X00389. 
    2. ↑ Suzuki, H.; Kobayashi, T. (1999). "The First Record of the Genus Apometriocnemus Sæther, 1985: A. Japonicus Sp. N. from the Palaearctic Region (Diptera: Chironomidae)". Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 142 (1–2): 65–67. doi:10.1163/22119434-99900019. http://www.nev.nl/tve/pdf/te0142065.pdf. 
    3. ↑ 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. 
    4. ↑ Sæther, O. A. (1995). "Metriocnemus van der Wulp : Seven new species, revision of species, and new records (Diptera : Chironomidae)". Annales de Limnologie 31 (1): 35–64. doi:10.1051/limn/1995002. https://www.limnology-journal.org/articles/limn/pdf/1995/01/limno19951p35.pdf. 

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