Belgica (fly)
Appearance
Belgica | |
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Belgica antarctica | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Chironomidae |
Subfamily: | Orthocladiinae |
Genus: | Belgica Jacobs, 1900[1] |
Type species | |
Belgica antarctica | |
Species | |
2 recognized species, see article (which article?). | |
Synonyms | |
Belgica is a flightless midge genus in the family Chironomidae. It contains the following two species:[3]
- Belgica albipes (Séguy, 1965),[2] found in the Crozet Islands (Îles Crozet) in the southern Indian Ocean
- Belgica antarctica Jacobs, 1900,[1] found in the maritime Antarctic
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Jacobs, [J.-Ch.] (1900). "Diagnoses d'insectes recueillis par l'expédition antarctique Belge: Diptères". Annales de la Société entomologique de Belgique. 44: 106–107.
- ^ a b Séguy, E. (1965). "Deux nouveaux Tendipédides des Îles Crozet (Insectes Diptères Nématocères)". Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. 2e Série. 37 (2): 287–288.
- ^ Giuliana Allegrucci; Gianmaria Carchini; Valentina Todisco; Peter Convey; Valerio Sbordoni (2006). "A molecular phylogeny of Antarctic Chironomidae and its implications for biogeographical history". Polar Biology. 29 (4): 320–326. doi:10.1007/s00300-005-0056-7.
Further reading
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- Allegrucci, Giuliana; Carchini, Gianmaria; Convey, Peter; Sbordoni, Valerio (2012). "Evolutionary geographic relationships among orthocladine chironomid midges from maritime Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 106 (2): 258–274. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.2012.01864.x.