Cryptotendipes
Encyclopedia
Cryptotendipes is a genus of holarctic
non-biting midges in the subfamily Chironominae
of the bloodworm family Chironomidae
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Holarctic
The Holarctic ecozone refers to the habitats found throughout the northern continents of the world as a whole. This region is divided into the Palearctic, consisting of Northern Africa and all of Eurasia, with the exception of Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent, and the Nearctic,...
non-biting midges in the subfamily Chironominae
Chironominae
Chironominae is a subfamily of midges in the non-biting midge family .-Genera:*Tribe Chironomini*Axarus Roback 1980*Baeotendipes Kieffer, 1913*Beckidia Sæther 1979*Carbochironomus Reiss & Kirschbaum 1990...
of the bloodworm family Chironomidae
Chironomidae
Chironomidae are a family of nematoceran flies with a global distribution. They are closely related to the Ceratopogonidae, Simuliidae, and Thaumaleidae...
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Species
- C. ariel (Sublette, 1960)
- C. casuarius (Townes, 1945)
- C. darbyi (Sublette, 1960)
- C. emorsus (Townes, 1945)
- C. holsatus Lenz, 1959
- C. nigronitens (EdwardsFrederick Wallace EdwardsFrederick Wallace Edwards FRS , was an English entomologist who specialised in Diptera....
, 1929) - C. pflugfelderi Reiss, 1964
- C. pilicuspis Sæther, 1977
- C. pseudotener Goethgebuer, 1922
- C. usmaensis (Pagast, 1931)