Orthocladiinae
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Orthocladiinae is a subfamily of midge
s in the non-biting midge family
(Chironomidae
). For lack of a better common name, they are simply referred to as orthoclads.
Midge
A midge is a very small, two-winged flying insect. "Midge" may also refer to:-Real:* Midge Costanza , American politician* Mildred Gillars , aka "Midge", American broadcaster of Nazi propaganda during World War II...
s in the non-biting midge family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
(Chironomidae
Chironomidae
Chironomidae are a family of nematoceran flies with a global distribution. They are closely related to the Ceratopogonidae, Simuliidae, and Thaumaleidae...
). For lack of a better common name, they are simply referred to as orthoclads.
Genera
- AbiskomyiaAbiskomyiaAbiskomyia is a genus of European non-biting midges in the subfamily Orthocladiinae of the bloodworm family ....
EdwardsFrederick Wallace EdwardsFrederick Wallace Edwards FRS , was an English entomologist who specialised in Diptera....
, 1937 - AcamptocladiusAcamptocladiusAcamptocladius is a genus of non-biting midges in the subfamily Orthocladiinae of the bloodworm family Chironomidae....
Brundin, 1956 - AcricotopusAcricotopusAcricotopus is a genus of non-biting midges of the bloodworm family Chironomidae....
KiefferJean-Jacques KiefferJean-Jacques Kieffer was a French naturalist and entomologist who specialised in the study of parasitic insects. Educated as a priest, Kieffer taught natural science in Bitche, Lorraine while working on the description and classification of insects...
, 1921 - AntillocladiusAntillocladiusAntillocladius is a genus of midges belonging to the family Chironomidae, subfamily Orthocladiinae. The name Antillocladius means orthoclad that occurs in the Antilles, where it was primarily recorded.-Distribution:...
SætherOle A. SætherOle Anton Sæther is a Norwegian entomologist.He worked as a professor of zoology at Bergen Museum from 1977 to his retirement in 2006. He penned about 235 academic publications, and is a member of the editorial board of the journal Aquatic Insects...
, 1981 - ApometriocnemusApometriocnemusApometriocnemus is a genus of non-biting midges in the subfamily Chironominae of the bloodworm family Chironomidae.-Species:*A. beringensis Cranston and Oliver, 1988*A. fontinalis Sæther, 1984*A. japonicus Kobayashi & Suzuki, 1999...
SætherOle A. SætherOle Anton Sæther is a Norwegian entomologist.He worked as a professor of zoology at Bergen Museum from 1977 to his retirement in 2006. He penned about 235 academic publications, and is a member of the editorial board of the journal Aquatic Insects...
, 1984 - AustrobrilliaAustrobrilliaAustrobrillia is a genus of chironomid midges. For many years there was a single described species, A. longipes of Australia, but in 2000 two further South American species were described from pupal exuviae.-References:*...
Freeman, 1961 - BaeoctenusBaeoctenusBaeoctenus is a genus of European non-biting midges in the subfamily Orthocladiinae of the bloodworm family ....
- BoreosmittiaBoreosmittiaBoreosmittia is a genus of European non-biting midges in the subfamily Orthocladiinae of the bloodworm family ....
- BrilliaBrilliaBrillia is a genus of non-biting midges in the subfamily Orthocladiinae of the family .-Species:*B. bifida *B. flavifrons *B. flavifrons...
KiefferJean-Jacques KiefferJean-Jacques Kieffer was a French naturalist and entomologist who specialised in the study of parasitic insects. Educated as a priest, Kieffer taught natural science in Bitche, Lorraine while working on the description and classification of insects...
, 1913 - BryophaenocladiusBryophaenocladiusBryophaenocladius is a genus of European non-biting midges in the subfamily Orthocladiinae of the bloodworm family ....
Thienemann, 1934 - CamptocladiusCamptocladiusCamptocladius is a genus of European non-biting midges in the subfamily Orthocladiinae of the bloodworm family ....
van der Wulp, 1874 - CardiocladiusCardiocladiusCardiocladius is a genus of non-biting midges in the subfamily Orthocladiinae of the bloodworm family ....
KiefferJean-Jacques KiefferJean-Jacques Kieffer was a French naturalist and entomologist who specialised in the study of parasitic insects. Educated as a priest, Kieffer taught natural science in Bitche, Lorraine while working on the description and classification of insects...
, 1912 - ChaetocladiusChaetocladiusChaetocladius is a genus of non-biting midges in the subfamily Orthocladiinae of the bloodworm family .-Species:*C. subplumosus *C. acuminatus Brundin 1956*C. acuticornis...
KiefferJean-Jacques KiefferJean-Jacques Kieffer was a French naturalist and entomologist who specialised in the study of parasitic insects. Educated as a priest, Kieffer taught natural science in Bitche, Lorraine while working on the description and classification of insects...
, 1911 - Chasmatonotus
- ClunioClunioClunio is a genus of European non-biting midges in the subfamily Orthocladiinae of the bloodworm family .-Species:*C. balticus Heimbach 1978*C. marinus Haliday 1855*C. marshalli Stone and Wirth, 1947...
Haliday, 1855 - Compterosmittia
- CorynoneuraCorynoneuraCorynoneura is a genus of European non-biting midges in the subfamily Orthocladiinae of the bloodworm family Chironomidae.-Species:*C. arctica Kieffer, 1923*C. brundini Hirvenoja & Hirvenoja, 1988*C. carriana Edwards, 1924...
Winnertz, 1846 - CorynoneurellaCorynoneurellaCorynoneurella is a genus of European non-biting midges in the subfamily Orthocladiinae of the bloodworm family ....
Brundin, 1949 - CricotopusCricotopusCricotopus is a genus of non-biting midges in the subfamily Orthocladiinae of the bloodworm family Chironomidae.-Species:*C. annulator Goetghebuer, 1927*C. beckeri Hirvenoja, 1973*C. bicinctus *C. caducus Hirvenoja, 1973...
van der Wulp, 1874 - DiplocladiusDiplocladiusDiplocladius is a genus of non-biting midges in the subfamily Orthocladiinae of the bloodworm family Chironomidae.-Species:*D. cultriger Kieffer in Kieffer & Thienemann, 1908...
KiefferJean-Jacques KiefferJean-Jacques Kieffer was a French naturalist and entomologist who specialised in the study of parasitic insects. Educated as a priest, Kieffer taught natural science in Bitche, Lorraine while working on the description and classification of insects...
, 1908 - Diplosmittia
- Doithrix
- Doncricotopus
- EpoicocladiusEpoicocladiusEpoicocladius is a genus of non-biting midges in the subfamily Orthocladiinae of the bloodworm family Chironomidae. There is one known species.-Species:*E. ephemerae...
Sulc & ZavÍel, 1924 - Eretmoptera
- EukiefferiellaEukiefferiellaEukiefferiella is a genus of European non-biting midgets in the subfamily Orthocladiinae of the bloodworm family ....
Thienemann, 1926 - EurycnemusEurycnemusEurycnemus is a genus of European non-biting midges in the subfamily Orthocladiinae of the bloodworm family ....
van der Wulp, 1874 - EuryhapsisEuryhapsisEuryhapsis is a genus of European non-biting midges in the subfamily Orthocladiinae of the bloodworm family ....
Oliver, 1981 - GeorthocladiusGeorthocladiusGeorthocladius is a genus of European non-biting midges in the subfamily Orthocladiinae of the bloodworm family ....
Strenzke, 1941 - Gravatamberus
- GymnometriocnemusGymnometriocnemusGymnometriocnemus is a genus of European non-biting midges in the subfamily Orthocladiinae of the bloodworm family ....
Goetghebeur, 1932 - GynocladiusGynocladiusGynocladius is a parthenogenetic genus in the subfamily Orthocladiinae . A single species is recorded from Southeast Brazil, Gynocladius scalpellosus, described by Mendes, Sæther and Andrade-Morraye in 2005...
Mendes, SætherOle A. SætherOle Anton Sæther is a Norwegian entomologist.He worked as a professor of zoology at Bergen Museum from 1977 to his retirement in 2006. He penned about 235 academic publications, and is a member of the editorial board of the journal Aquatic Insects...
& Andrade-Morraye, 2005 - HalocladiusHalocladiusHalocladius is a genus of European non-biting midges in the subfamily Orthocladiinae of the bloodworm family ....
Hirvenoja, 1973 - Hanocladius
- HeleniellaHeleniellaHeleniella is a genus of European non-biting midges in the subfamily Orthocladiinae of the bloodworm family ....
Gouin, 1943 - HeterotanytarsusHeterotanytarsusHeterotanytarsus is a genus of European non-biting midges in the subfamily Orthocladiinae of the bloodworm family ....
Spärck, 1923 - HeterotrissocladiusHeterotrissocladiusHeterotrissocladius is a genus of European non-biting midges in the subfamily Orthocladiinae of the bloodworm family ....
Spärck, 1923 - Hydrobaenus
- IchthyocladiusIchthyocladiusIchthyocladius is a genus of chironomid midges that belongs to the subfamily Orthocladiinae described by Fittkau based on one species, Ichthyocladius neotropicus, from Peru, though some other species were recognised, the lack of knowledge did not allow their description...
FittkauErnst Josef FittkauErnst Josef Fittkau is a German entomologist. He specializes in the Diptera, especially the family Chironomidae.-References:...
, 1974 - Irisobrillia
- KrenosmittiaKrenosmittiaKrenosmittia is a genus of European non-biting midges in the subfamily Orthocladiinae of the bloodworm family ....
Thienemann & Krüger, 1939 - LabrundiniaLabrundiniaLabrundinia is a genus of non-biting midges in the subfamily Tanypodinae of the bloodworm family Chironomidae....
FittkauErnst Josef FittkauErnst Josef Fittkau is a German entomologist. He specializes in the Diptera, especially the family Chironomidae.-References:...
, 1962 - LerheimiaLerheimiaLerheimia is a genus of chironomid midges containing four described species found in Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.These are small chironomids with bare, protruding eyes, and distinctive wing venation with extended costa and down-curved anal vein.-References:*...
Andersen & Sæther, 1993 - LimnophyesLimnophyesLimnophyes is a genus of non-biting midges belonging to the family Chironomidae.-Holarctic species:*L. asquamatus*L. brachytomus*L. eltoni*L. minimus - global distribution except Australasia...
Eaton, 1875 - Lipurometriocnemus
- LitocladiusLitocladiusLitocladius is a genus of chironomid midges that belongs to the subfamily Orthocladiinae and is composed of three species, Litocladius confusus Mendes et Andersen , Litocladius mateusi Mendes, Andersen & Sæther , and Litocladius floripa Mendes et Andersen all described from Brazil only...
Andersen, Mendes & SætherOle A. SætherOle Anton Sæther is a Norwegian entomologist.He worked as a professor of zoology at Bergen Museum from 1977 to his retirement in 2006. He penned about 235 academic publications, and is a member of the editorial board of the journal Aquatic Insects...
, 2004 - Lopescladius
- LyrocladiusLyrocladiusLyrocladius is a genus of chironomid midges that belongs to the subfamily Orthocladiinae and is composed of a single species, Lyrocladius radulatus Mendes et Andersen , described from Brazil. The genus is known from male adult stage only...
Mendes & Andersen, 2008
- Mesocricotopus
- MesosmittiaMesosmittiaThe genus Mesosmittia is cosmopolitan, thus occurring in all biogeographical regions except for Antarctica. Almost nothing or very little is known about its ecology, the larva of one species was described by Strenze as terrestrial, but adults can be collected using emergence traps set over...
Brundin, 1956 - MetriocnemusMetriocnemusMetriocnemus is a genus of non-biting midges in the subfamily Orthocladiinae of the bloodworm family Chironomidae.-Species:*M. acutus Sæther, 1995*M. aequalis Johannsen, 1934*M. albolineatus...
van der Wulp, 1874 - NanocladiusNanocladiusNanocladius is a genus of non-biting midges of the bloodworm family Chironomidae....
KiefferJean-Jacques KiefferJean-Jacques Kieffer was a French naturalist and entomologist who specialised in the study of parasitic insects. Educated as a priest, Kieffer taught natural science in Bitche, Lorraine while working on the description and classification of insects...
, 1913 - OliveridiaOliveridiaOliveridia is a genus of midges and consists of two species: hugginsi and tricornis.Oliveridia hugginsi Ferrington and Sæther is known from the Big Caney River in Kansas. It commonly emerges in January. This is the southern-most record of a species of the genus Oliveridia....
SætherOle A. SætherOle Anton Sæther is a Norwegian entomologist.He worked as a professor of zoology at Bergen Museum from 1977 to his retirement in 2006. He penned about 235 academic publications, and is a member of the editorial board of the journal Aquatic Insects...
, 1980 - Onconeura
- Oreadomyia
- OrthocladiusOrthocladiusOrthocladius is a genus of non-biting midges in the subfamily Orthocladiinae of the bloodworm family Chironomidae....
van der Wulp, 1874 - Parachaetocladius
- ParacladiusParacladiusParacladius is a genus of European non-biting midget in the subfamily Orthocladiinae of the bloodworm family ....
Hirvenoja, 1973 - ParacricotopusParacricotopusParacricotopus is a genus of European non-biting midges in the subfamily Orthocladiinae of the bloodworm family ....
Thienemann & Harnisch, 1932 - ParakiefferiellaParakiefferiellaParakiefferiella is a genus of European non-biting midges in the subfamily Orthocladiinae of the bloodworm family ....
Thienemann, 1936 - ParalauterborniellaParalauterborniellaParalauterborniella is a genus of European non-biting midges in the subfamily Chironominae of the bloodworm family Chironomidae.-Species:*P. nigrohalteralis...
- ParalimnophyesParalimnophyesParalimnophyes is a genus of European non-biting midges in the subfamily Orthocladiinae of the bloodworm family ....
Brundin, 1956 - ParametriocnemusParametriocnemusParametriocnemus is a genus of non-biting midges, distributed world-wide , in the subfamily Orthocladiinae of the family ....
Goetghebuer, 1932 - ParaphaenocladiusParaphaenocladiusParaphaenocladius is a genus of European non-biting midges in the subfamily Orthocladiinae of the bloodworm family ....
Thienemann, 1924 - Parasmittia
- ParatrichocladiusParatrichocladiusParatrichocladius is a genus of European non-biting midges in the subfamily Orthocladiinae of the bloodworm family ....
Thienemann, 1942 - ParatrissocladiusParatrissocladiusParatrichocladius is a genus of European non-biting midges in the subfamily Orthocladiinae of the bloodworm family ....
ZavÍel, 1937 - ParorthocladiusParorthocladiusParorthocladius is a genus of European non-biting midges in the subfamily Orthocladiinae of the bloodworm family ....
Thienemann, 1935 - PlatysmittiaPlatysmittiaPlatysmittia is a genus of midges in the non-biting midge family .Only two species are known. P. fimbriata is recorded from Tennessee and North Carolina. P. bilyji is known from Pennsylvania and Maryland,...
Saether, 1982 - Plhudsonia
- PsectrocladiusPsectrocladiusPsectrocladius is a genus of non-biting midges of the bloodworm family Chironomidae....
KiefferJean-Jacques KiefferJean-Jacques Kieffer was a French naturalist and entomologist who specialised in the study of parasitic insects. Educated as a priest, Kieffer taught natural science in Bitche, Lorraine while working on the description and classification of insects...
, 1906 - PseudokiefferiellaPseudokiefferiellaPseudokiefferiella is a genus of European non-biting midges in the subfamily Chironominae of the bloodworm family Chironomidae....
Zavrel, 1941 - PseudorthocladiusPseudorthocladiusPseudorthocladius is a genus of European non-biting midges in the subfamily Orthocladiinae of the bloodworm family ....
Goetghebuer, 1932 - PseudosmittiaPseudosmittiaPseudosmittia is a genus of European non-biting midges in the subfamily Orthocladiinae of the bloodworm family ....
Goetghebuer, 1932 - PsilometriocnemusPsilometriocnemusPsilometriocnemus is a genus of European non-biting midges in the subfamily Orthocladiinae of the bloodworm family ....
SætherOle A. SætherOle Anton Sæther is a Norwegian entomologist.He worked as a professor of zoology at Bergen Museum from 1977 to his retirement in 2006. He penned about 235 academic publications, and is a member of the editorial board of the journal Aquatic Insects...
, 1969 - QiniellaQiniellaQiniella is a genus of non-biting midges in the diptera subfamily Orthocladiinae of the family Chironomidae.The genus Qiniella was first described by Xinhua Wang & Ole A. Sæther in 1998 for a single species, Q. lii, recorded from China. Posteriorly, Mendes and Andersen described two additional...
Wang & SætherOle A. SætherOle Anton Sæther is a Norwegian entomologist.He worked as a professor of zoology at Bergen Museum from 1977 to his retirement in 2006. He penned about 235 academic publications, and is a member of the editorial board of the journal Aquatic Insects...
, 1998 - RheocricotopusRheocricotopusRheocricotopus is a genus of European non-biting midges in the subfamily Orthocladiinae of the bloodworm family ....
Brundin, 1956 - RheosmittiaRheosmittiaRheosmittia is a genus of European non-biting midges in the subfamily Orthocladiinae of the bloodworm family ....
Brundin, 1956 - SaetheriellaSaetheriellaSaetheriella is a genus of North American non-biting midges in the subfamily Orthocladiinae of the bloodworm family .-Genera & Species:*S. amplicristata Halvorsen, 1982...
Halvorsen, 1982 - Semiocladius
- SmittiaSmittiaSmittia is a genus of European non-biting midges in the subfamily Orthocladiinae of the bloodworm family .-Species:*S. albipennis *S. amoena Caspers, 1985*S. aterrima...
Holmgren, 1869 - Stackelbergina
- Stilocladius Rossaro, 1979
- Symbiocladius
- SynorthocladiusSynorthocladiusSynorthocladius is a genus of European non-biting midges in the subfamily Orthocladiinae of the bloodworm family ....
Thienemann, 1935 - ThalassosmittiaThalassosmittiaThalassosmittia is a genus of European non-biting midges in the subfamily Orthocladiinae of the bloodworm family ....
Strenzke & Remmert, 1957 - ThienemanniaThienemanniaThienemannia is a genus of non-biting midges of the bloodworm family Chironomidae....
KiefferJean-Jacques KiefferJean-Jacques Kieffer was a French naturalist and entomologist who specialised in the study of parasitic insects. Educated as a priest, Kieffer taught natural science in Bitche, Lorraine while working on the description and classification of insects...
, 1909 - ThienemanniellaThienemanniellaThienemanniella is a genus of non-biting midges of the bloodworm family Chironomidae....
KiefferJean-Jacques KiefferJean-Jacques Kieffer was a French naturalist and entomologist who specialised in the study of parasitic insects. Educated as a priest, Kieffer taught natural science in Bitche, Lorraine while working on the description and classification of insects...
, 1911 - TokunagaiaTokunagaiaTokunagaia is a genus of European non-biting midges in the subfamily Orthocladiinae of the bloodworm family ....
SætherOle A. SætherOle Anton Sæther is a Norwegian entomologist.He worked as a professor of zoology at Bergen Museum from 1977 to his retirement in 2006. He penned about 235 academic publications, and is a member of the editorial board of the journal Aquatic Insects...
, 1973 - TrissocladiusTrissocladiusTrissocladius is a genus of non-biting midges of the bloodworm family Chironomidae....
KiefferJean-Jacques KiefferJean-Jacques Kieffer was a French naturalist and entomologist who specialised in the study of parasitic insects. Educated as a priest, Kieffer taught natural science in Bitche, Lorraine while working on the description and classification of insects...
, 1908 - TveteniaTveteniaTvetenia is a genus of non-biting midges of the bloodworm family Chironomidae....
KiefferJean-Jacques KiefferJean-Jacques Kieffer was a French naturalist and entomologist who specialised in the study of parasitic insects. Educated as a priest, Kieffer taught natural science in Bitche, Lorraine while working on the description and classification of insects...
, 1922 - UnniellaUnniellaUnniella is a genus of non-biting midges of the bloodworm family Chironomidae....
SætherOle A. SætherOle Anton Sæther is a Norwegian entomologist.He worked as a professor of zoology at Bergen Museum from 1977 to his retirement in 2006. He penned about 235 academic publications, and is a member of the editorial board of the journal Aquatic Insects...
, 1982 - Vivacricotopus
- Xylotopus
- ZalutschiaZalutschiaZalutschia is a genus of non-biting midges of the bloodworm family Chironomidae....
Lipina, 1939