Metriocnemus

Metriocnemus
Metriocnemus picipes
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Chironomidae
Subfamily: Orthocladiinae
Genus: Metriocnemus
van der Wulp, 1874
Type species
Chironomus albolineatus
Meigen, 1818
Synonyms
  • Arctomyia Lundström, 1915
  • Chasmatocladius Kieffer, 1919
  • Crymaleomyia Ashe & O'Connor, 2000
  • Dolichoprymna Lundström, 1915
  • Inermipupa Langton & Cobo, 1997
  • Wulpiella Kieffer, 1899

Metriocnemus is a genus of non-biting midges in the subfamily Orthocladiinae of the bloodworm family Chironomidae.

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