Biology:Orthocladiinae

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Short description: Subfamily of flies

Orthocladiinae
Brillia bifida, Trawscoed, North Wales, April 2015 2 - Flickr - janetgraham84.jpg
Brillia bifida
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Chironomidae
Subfamily: Orthocladiinae
Lenz, 1921
Genera

Numerous, see text

Metriocnemus picipes.

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Orthocladiinae is a subfamily of midges in the non-biting midge family (Chironomidae). For lack of a better common name, they are simply referred to as orthoclads.

Genera


References

  1. Halvorsen, Godtfred A. (1982). "Saetheriella amplicristata gen. n., sp. n., a new Orthocladiinae (Diptera: Chironomidae) from Tennessee". Aquatic Insects (Taylor & Francis) 4 (3): 131–136. doi:10.1080/01650428209361098. ISSN 1744-4152. 

Wikidata ☰ Q7104423 entry