Biology:Apometriocnemus

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Apometriocnemus
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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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