Belgica (fly) explained

Belgica is a flightless midge genus in the family Chironomidae. It contains the following two species:^[1]

• Belgica albipes, found in the Crozet Islands (Îles Crozet) in the southern Indian Ocean
• Belgica antarctica, found in the maritime Antarctic

Further reading

• Allegrucci. Giuliana. Carchini. Gianmaria. Convey. Peter. Sbordoni. Valerio. Evolutionary geographic relationships among orthocladine chironomid midges from maritime Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 2012. 106. 2. 258–274. 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2012.01864.x. free.

Notes and References

1. Giuliana Allegrucci . Gianmaria Carchini . Valentina Todisco . Peter Convey . Valerio Sbordoni . 2006 . A molecular phylogeny of Antarctic Chironomidae and its implications for biogeographical history . . 29 . 4 . 320–326 . 10.1007/s00300-005-0056-7.