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Apedilum

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Apedilum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Chironomidae
Tribe: Chironomini
Genus: Apedilum
Townes, 1945[1]
Type species
Apedilum subcinctum
Townes, 1945

Apedilum is a genus of non-biting midges of the bloodworm family Chironomidae. The genus was previously considered a junior synonym of Paralauterborniella, but was restored as a separate genus by J. H. Epler (1988) for the species A. elachistus and A. subcinctum.[2]

Species

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Townes, Jr, Henry K. (1945). "The Nearctic Species of Tendipedini [Diptera, Tendipedidae (= Chironomidae)]". The American Midland Naturalist. 34 (1): 1–206. doi:10.2307/2421112. JSTOR 2421112.
  2. ^ Epler, J. H. (1988). "A reconsideration of the genus Apedilum Townes, 1945 (Diptera, Chironomidae)". Spixiana. Supplement 14: 105–116.
  3. ^ Donato, Mariano; Siri, Augusto; Massaferro, Julieta; Brooks, Stephen J (2015). "Apedilum griseistriatum comb. nov., placement of Chironomus (Polypedilum) griseistriatum (Diptera, Chironomidae)" (PDF). Iheringia. Série Zoologia. 105 (1): 5–11. doi:10.1590/1678-476620151051511.