Beckidia is a genus of non-biting midges in the family Chironomidae. There are about seven described species in Beckidia.[1][2]
| Beckidia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Chironomidae |
| Subfamily: | Chironominae |
| Tribe: | Chironomini |
| Genus: | Beckidia Kieffer, 1913 |
| Type species | |
| Harnischia (Cladopelma) tethys Townes, 1945 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Species
editThese seven species belong to the genus Beckidia:[1][3][4][5]
- Beckidia binum (Yan, Jin & Wang, 2008)
- Beckidia biraensis Zorina, 2006
- Beckidia connexa Zorina, 2006
- Beckidia hirsti (Freeman, 1957)
- Beckidia inflata Mukherjee & Hazra, 2023
- Beckidia tethys (Townes, 1945)
- Beckidia zabolotzskyi (Goetghebuer, 1938)
References
edit- 1 2 3 "Catalogue of Life, Beckidia Saether, 1979". Retrieved 2026-06-25.
- ↑ Evenhuis, N.L.; Pape, T. (2026). "Systema Dipterorum". doi:10.48580/d3bz. Retrieved 2026-06-20.
- ↑ Townes, H. K. (1945). "The nearctic species of Tendipedini (Diptera, Tendipedidae (= Chironomidae))". American Midland Naturalist. 34 (1): 1–206. doi:10.2307/2421112. JSTOR 2421112.
- ↑ Zorina, Oksana V. (2006). "New species and records of Beckidia Sæther (Diptera: Chironomidae) from the Russian Far East" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1151. New Zealand: Magnolia Press: 47–53. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1151.1.4. ISSN 1175-5334. Retrieved 2009-05-22.
- ↑ "The genus Beckidia in Namibia". Namibia: Namibian Biodiversity Database. Retrieved 2020-06-03.
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