Kloosia is a genus of European non-biting midges in the subfamily Chironominae of the bloodworm family Chironomidae.[2][3][1][4]

Kloosia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Chironomidae
Subfamily: Chironominae
Tribe: Chironomini
Genus: Kloosia
Kruseman, 1933
Synonyms[1]
  • Oschia Saether, 1983
  • Oshia Kruseman, 1933

Species

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These eight species belong to the genus Kloosia:[1][5]

References

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  1. 1 2 3 "Catalogue of Life, Kloosia Kruseman, 1933". Retrieved 2026-06-24.
  2. Andersen, Trond; Mendes, Humberto Fonseca; Sanz-laParra, Annui Malla (19 December 2023). "A new species of Kloosia Kruseman, 1933 from Brazil (Diptera, Chironomidae, Chironominae)" (PDF). Norwegian Journal of Entomology. 70 (2): 138–141.
  3. "GBIF, Kloosia". Retrieved 2026-06-24.
  4. Evenhuis, N.L.; Pape, T. (2026). "Systema Dipterorum". doi:10.48580/d3bz. Retrieved 2026-06-20.
  5. ChunCai, Yan; XinHua, Wang; WenJun, Bu; ZhiGuang, Chen (2012). "Kloosia Kruseman from the Sino-Indian region (Diptera, Chironomidae)". Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica / Dongwu Fenlei Xuebao. 37 (4): 813–817.
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