Smittia Explained

Smittia is a genus of European non-biting midges in the subfamily Orthocladiinae of the bloodworm family (Chironomidae).

Species

• S. albipennis (Goetghebuer, 1921)^[1]
• S. amoena Caspers, 1985^[1]
• S. aterrima (Meigen, 1818)^{[1] [2]}
• S. brevifurcata (Edwards, 1926)^[1]
• S. contingens (Walker, 1856)^[1]
• S. edwardsi Goetghebuer, 1932^[1]
• S. extrema (Holmgren, 1869)^[2]
• S. foliacea (Kieffer, 1921)^[1]
• S. hakusansecunda Sasa & Okazawa, 1994^[2]
• S. leucopogon (Meigen, 1804)^{[1] [2]}
• S. nudipennis (Goetghebuer, 1913)^{[1] [2]}
• S. pratorum (Goetghebuer, 1927)^{[1] [2]}
• S. superata Goetghebuer, 1939^[1]

Notes and References

1. Book: Chandler , Peter J. . 1998. Checklists of Insects of the British Isles (New Series) Part 1: Diptera. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. 12. 1. 1–234. Royal Entomological Society of London. London.
2. Web site: Eugenyi A. Makarchenko . Marina A. Makarchenko . Oksana V. Zorina . Irina V. Sergeeva . Checklist of Chironomidae (Diptera) of the Russian Far East . 2000 . 2009-04-14 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080905125205/http://insects.ummz.lsa.umich.edu/~ethanbr/chiro/chklists/RussianEast.htm . 2008-09-05 .