Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
A midge is any small fly, including species in several families of non-mosquito nematoceran Diptera. Midges are found (seasonally or otherwise) on practically every land area outside permanently arid deserts and the frigid zones.
Ceratopogonidae is a family of flies commonly known as no-see-ums, sand flies or biting midges, generally 1–3 millimetres (1 ⁄ 16 – 1 ⁄ 8 in) in length. The family includes more than 5,000 species, [2] distributed worldwide, apart from the Antarctic and the Arctic.
The Chironomidae (informally known as chironomids, nonbiting midges, or lake flies) comprise a family of nematoceran flies with a global distribution. They are closely related to the Ceratopogonidae , Simuliidae , and Thaumaleidae .
Thaumaleidae, the solitary midges or trickle midges, are a group of nematoceran flies related to the Ceratopogonidae, Chironomidae, and the Simuliidae. They are small, stocky, yellow to brown flies (3–4 mm). Very few species are known for this family (about 120 species in five genera).
Leptoconops (black gnat) [1] is a midge genus in the family Ceratopogonidae. [2] It has a mostly tropical or subtropical distribution worldwide, [3] but some species occur as far north as Moscow region in Russia and the Yukon Territory in Canada. [4] This genus is relictual, having had a pantropical distribution during the Cretaceous. [5]
Allohelea is a genus of predaceous midges in the family Ceratopogonidae. There are more than 30 described species in Allohelea. [1] [2] [3] Species.
Chironomus plumosus (Linnaeus, 1758) i c g b (buzzer midge) Chironomus polaris Kirby, 1824 c g; Chironomus polonicus Michailova, Kownacki & Langton, 2013 g [6] Chironomus polystictus (Kieffer, 1911) c g; Chironomus praeapicalis Tokunaga, 1964 c g; Chironomus praecox (Meigen, 1818) c g; Chironomus prasinellus (Kieffer, 1912) c g; Chironomus ...
Corynoneura is a speciose genus of non-biting midges in the subfamily Orthocladiinae of the bloodworm family Chironomidae. With a world-wide distribution (absent from Antarctica), these small midges are found in both flowing and standing freshwater of various thermal regimes.