Cladopelma
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Cladopelma is a genus of non-biting midges in the subfamily Chironominae
and tribe [(Chironomini)] of the bloodworm family Chironomidae
. Species are distributed world-wide (Cranston et al. 1989, Yan et al. 2008), with species represented in the Palaearctic, Nearctic, Neotropical, Afrotropical, Sino-Indian, and Austroasian regions.
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...
and tribe [(Chironomini)] 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...
. Species are distributed world-wide (Cranston et al. 1989, Yan et al. 2008), with species represented in the Palaearctic, Nearctic, Neotropical, Afrotropical, Sino-Indian, and Austroasian regions.
Species
- Cladopelma amachaerus (Townes, 1945)
- Cladopelma bicarinatum (Brundin, 1947)
- Cladopelma collator (Townes, 1945)
- Cladopelma costum Yan et al 2008
- Cladopelma curtivalve (Kieffer, 1917)
- Cladopelma edwardsi (Kruseman, 1933)
- Cladopelma forcipes (Rempel, 1939)
- Cladopelma galeator (Townes, 1945)
- Cladopelma goetghebueri Spies et Sæther 2004
- Cladopelma inflexum (Freeman, 1957)
- Cladopelma krusemani (Goetghebuer, 1935)
- Cladopelma spectabilis (Townes, 1945)
- Cladopelma subnigrum (Brundin, 1947)
- Cladopelma virescens (Meigen, 1818) type species, by designation of Harnisch (1923)
- Cladopelma viridulum (Linnaeus, 1767)