Microtendipes is a genus of midges in the family Chironomidae. There are more than 60 described species in Microtendipes.[1][2][3][4]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Chironomidae |
| Subfamily: | Chironominae |
| Tribe: | Chironomini |
| Genus: | Microtendipes Kieffer, 1915 |
Species
editThese 62 species belong to the genus Microtendipes:[3][5]
- Microtendipes albitarsis (Lundström, 1910)
- Microtendipes albus (Goetghebuer, 1936)
- Microtendipes angustus Qi & Wang, 2006
- Microtendipes anticus (Walker, 1848)
- Microtendipes baishanzuensis Song & Qi, 2023
- Microtendipes bicoloripennis Freeman, 1961
- Microtendipes bifasciatus (Kieffer, 1921)
- Microtendipes bimaculatus Song & Qi, 2023
- Microtendipes brevissimus Qi, Lin & Wang, 2014
- Microtendipes brevitarsis Brundin, 1947
- Microtendipes britteni (Edwards, 1929)
- Microtendipes caducus Townes, 1945
- Microtendipes caelum Townes, 1945
- Microtendipes chloris (Meigen, 1818)
- Microtendipes confinis (Meigen, 1830)
- Microtendipes diffinis Meigen
- Microtendipes distalis Kieffer, 1918
- Microtendipes famiefeus Sasa, 1996
- Microtendipes flavipes (Kieffer, 1921)
- Microtendipes globosus Qi, Li, Wang & Shao, 2014
- Microtendipes kahuziensis Lehmann, 1979
- Microtendipes lamprogaster (Kieffer, 1914)
- Microtendipes lentiginosus Freeman, 1955
- Microtendipes litoris Lehmann, 1981
- Microtendipes lugubris Kieffer, 1921
- Microtendipes luteipes (Kieffer, 1922)
- Microtendipes masaakii Ashe, 1990
- Microtendipes microsandulum Kieffer, 1915
- Microtendipes morii Moubayed-Breil, 2017
- Microtendipes nielseni Goetghebuer, 1929
- Microtendipes nigellus Hirvenoja, 1963
- Microtendipes nigrithorax Song & Qi, 2023
- Microtendipes nigritia Langton, 2017
- Microtendipes nitidus (Meigen, 1818)
- Microtendipes numerosus Lehmann, 1979
- Microtendipes obscurus (Meigen, 1804)
- Microtendipes parachloris Niitsuma & Tang, 2017
- Microtendipes paratamagouti Ree, 2012
- Microtendipes pedellus (De Geer, 1776)
- Microtendipes quasicaducas
- Microtendipes quasicauducas Qi, 2006
- Microtendipes robustus Song & Qi, 2023
- Microtendipes rydalensis (Edwards, 1929)
- Microtendipes satchelli Freeman, 1955
- Microtendipes schenkling Kieffer, 1921
- Microtendipes scheucki Reiss, 1997
- Microtendipes schuecki Reiss, 1997
- Microtendipes shoukomaki Sasa, 1989
- Microtendipes taitae (Kieffer, 1913)
- Microtendipes tarsalis (Walker, 1856)
- Microtendipes tobaquintus Kikuchi & Sasa, 1990
- Microtendipes truncatus Kawai & Sasa, 1985
- Microtendipes tuberosus Qi & Wang, 2006
- Microtendipes tumulus (Dutta & Chaudhuri, 1995)
- Microtendipes umbrosus Freeman, 1955
- Microtendipes urbanus (Kieffer, 1911)
- Microtendipes wuyiensis Song & Qi, 2023
- Microtendipes yaanensis Qi & Wang, 2006
- Microtendipes zhamensis Qi & Wang, 2006
- Microtendipes zhejiangensis Qi, Lin & Wang, 2012
- † Microtendipes eocenicus Doitteau & Nel, 2007
- † Microtendipes melainus Hong, 1981
References
edit- ↑ "GBIF, Microtendipes". Retrieved 2026-06-24.
- ↑ "BugGuide.net, Microtendipes genus Information". Retrieved 2026-06-24.
- 1 2 "Catalogue of Life, Microtendipes Kieffer, 1915". Retrieved 2026-06-24.
- ↑ 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.
External links
edit- Citizen science observations for Microtendipes at iNaturalist
Media related to Microtendipes at Wikimedia Commons
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