Mesosmittia
Sign in to saveThe genus Mesosmittia is cosmopolitan, thus occurring in all biogeographical regions except for Antarctica. Almost nothing or very little is known about its ecology, the larva of one species was described by Strenze (1950) as terrestrial, but adults can be collected using emergence traps set over rivulets.
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It is catalogued under topics including Chironomidae, Taxonbars of monotypic genera missing species on Wikidata and Taxonbars of monotypic genera missing species on Wikipedia.
Its subject is documented across 7 Wikipedia language editions.
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- monotypic taxon
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- Orthocladiinae
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The genus Mesosmittia is cosmopolitan, thus occurring in all biogeographical regions except for Antarctica. Almost nothing or very little is known about its ecology, the larva of one species was described by Strenze (1950) as terrestrial, but adults can be collected using emergence traps set over rivulets.
The genus was recently revised for the Neotropics with descriptions of new species.
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