Metriocnemus Explained

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

Species

Notes and References

  1. 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. 10.1051/limn/1995002. free.
  2. P. S.. Cranston. D. R.. Oliver. Additions and Corrections to the Nearctic Orthocladiinae (Diptera: Chironomidae). 1988. The Canadian Entomologist. 120. 5. 425–462. 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 . Zootaxa . 1050 . 1–14 . Magnolia Press . New Zealand . 10.11646/zootaxa.1050.1.1 . 1175-5334 . 2009-04-01 .
  4. Heard, S. B. . 1994 . Pitcher-plant midges and mosquitoes: a processing chain commensalism . Ecology . 75 . 1939625 . 6 . 1647–1660. 10.2307/1939625 . 1994Ecol...75.1647H .