Metriocnemus Explained
Metriocnemus is a genus of non-biting midges in the subfamily Orthocladiinae of the bloodworm family Chironomidae.
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]
Notes and References
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 .
- 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 .
