Oliveridia
Appearance
Oliveridia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Chironomidae |
Subfamily: | Orthocladiinae |
Genus: | Oliveridia Sæther, 1980 |
Oliveridia is a genus of midges and consists of two species: O. hugginsi and O. tricornis.[1]
Oliveridia hugginsi Ferrington and Sæther is known from the Big Caney River in Kansas. It commonly emerges in January. This is the southernmost record of a species of the genus Oliveridia.
References
[edit]- ^ Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2008. The Animal Diversity Web (online).