Stictochironomus
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Stictochironomus is a genus of Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...

an 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

  • S. albicrus (Townes, 1945)
  • S. annulicrus (Townes, 1945)
  • S. crassiforceps (Kieffer
    Jean-Jacques Kieffer
    Jean-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)
  • S. devinctus (Say
    Thomas Say
    Thomas Say was an American naturalist, entomologist, malacologist, herpetologist and carcinologist. A taxonomist, he is often considered to be the father of descriptive entomology in the United States. He described more than 1,000 new species of beetles and over 400 species of insects of other...

    , 1829)
  • S. flavicingulus (Walker
    Francis Walker (entomologist)
    Francis Walker was an English entomologist. He was one of the most prolific authors in entomology, and stirred controversy during his later life as his publications resulted in a huge number of junior synonyms....

    , 1848)
  • S. lutosus (Townes, 1945)
  • S. maculipennis (Meigen
    Johann Wilhelm Meigen
    Johann Wilhelm Meigen was a German entomologist famous for his pioneering work on Diptera.-Early years:Meigen was born in Solingen, the fifth of eight children of Johann Clemens Meigen and Sibylla Margaretha Bick. His parents, though not poor, were not wealthy either. The ran a small shop in...

    , 1818)
  • S. marmoreus (Townes, 1945)
  • S. naevus (Mitchell, 1908)
  • S. palliatus (Coquillett
    Daniel William Coquillett
    Daniel William Coquillett was an American entomologist who specialised in Diptera. He wrote Revision of the dipterous family Therevidae...

    , 1902)
  • S. pictulus (Meigen
    Johann Wilhelm Meigen
    Johann Wilhelm Meigen was a German entomologist famous for his pioneering work on Diptera.-Early years:Meigen was born in Solingen, the fifth of eight children of Johann Clemens Meigen and Sibylla Margaretha Bick. His parents, though not poor, were not wealthy either. The ran a small shop in...

    , 1830)
  • S. quagga (Townes, 1945)
  • S. rosenschoeldi (Zetterstedt
    Johan Wilhelm Zetterstedt
    Johan Wilhelm Zetterstedt was a Swedish naturalist who worked mainly on Diptera and Hymenoptera.-Biography:Zetterstedt studied at the University of Lund, where he was a pupil of Anders Jahan Retzius. He received the title of professor in 1822 and succeeded Carl Adolph Agardh as professor of botany...

    , 1838)
  • S. sticticus (Fabricius
    Johan Christian Fabricius
    Johan Christian Fabricius was a Danish zoologist, specialising in "Insecta", which at that time included all arthropods: insects, arachnids, crustaceans and others...

    , 1781)
  • S. unguiculatus (Malloch
    John Russell Malloch
    John Russell Malloch was a Scottish entomologist who specialised in Diptera.In 1910 he emigrated to Urbana, Illinois, United States.-References:See...

    , 1934)
  • S. varius (Townes, 1945)
  • S. virgatus (Townes, 1945)
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