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Pseudochironomus

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Pseudochironomus

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Pseudochironomus is a genus of nonbiting midges in the family Chironomidae. There are more than 20 described species in Pseudochironomus, found in the Americas and Europe.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderDiptera
  5. FamilyChironomidae

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Specimen records
690
With media
1
Family
Chironomidae
Collections
INHS, UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH, CENTRE FOR BIODIVERSITY GENOMICS, KU, ZMBN
Recorded in
United States, Canada, Ecuador, Mexico, Costa Rica

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Chironomidae
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taxon name
Pseudochironomus
taxon rank
genus
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Encyclopedic overview

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Pseudochironomus is a genus of nonbiting midges in the family Chironomidae. There are more than 20 described species in Pseudochironomus, found in the Americas and Europe.

==Species== These 27 species belong to the genus Pseudochironomus: Pseudochironomus anas Townes, 1945 Pseudochironomus ariquemis Trivinho-Strixino & Shimabukuro, 2018 Pseudochironomus articaudus Saether, 1977 Pseudochironomus badius Saether, 1977 Pseudochironomus banksi Townes, 1945 Pseudochironomus boraceia Trivinho-Strixino & Shimabukuro, 2018 Pseudochironomus capivara Trivinho-Strixino & Shimabukuro, 2018 Pseudochironomus chen Townes, 1945 Pseudochironomus crassus Townes, 1945 Pseudochironomus fulviventris (Johannsen, 1905) Pseudochironomus fuscus (Kieffer, 1925) Pseudochironomus jordensis Shimabukuro & Trivinho-Strixino, 2017 Pseudochironomus julia (Curran, 1930) Pseudochironomus middlekaufi Townes, 1945 Pseudochironomus mocidade Shimabukuro & Trivinho-Strixino, 2017 Pseudochironomus netta Townes, 1945 Pseudochironomus nigrimanus (Kieffer, 1924) Pseudochironomus ploenensis (Kieffer, 1921) Pseudochironomus prasinatus (Staeger, 1839) Pseudochironomus pseudoviridis (Malloch, 1915) Pseudochironomus rex Hauber, 1947 Pseudochironomus richardsoni Malloch, 1915 Pseudochironomus ruah Shimabukuro & Trivinho-Strixino, 2017 Pseudochironomus ruthae Andersen & Baranov, 2023 Pseudochironomus seipi Andersen, 2023 Pseudochironomus surianae Shimabukuro & Trivinho-Strixino, 2017 Pseudochironomus viridis (Kieffer, 1925)

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