Telmatogeton
Encyclopedia
Telmatogeton is a genus
of midge
s in the non-biting midge family
(Chironomidae
).
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of midge
Midge
A midge is a very small, two-winged flying insect. "Midge" may also refer to:-Real:* Midge Costanza , American politician* Mildred Gillars , aka "Midge", American broadcaster of Nazi propaganda during World War II...
s in the non-biting midge family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
(Chironomidae
Chironomidae
Chironomidae are a family of nematoceran flies with a global distribution. They are closely related to the Ceratopogonidae, Simuliidae, and Thaumaleidae...
).
Species
- T. abnormis (Terry, 1913)
- T. alaskensis CoquillettDaniel William CoquillettDaniel William Coquillett was an American entomologist who specialised in Diptera. He wrote Revision of the dipterous family Therevidae...
, 1900 - T. atlanticum Oliveira, 1950
- T. australicus Womersley, 1936
- T. fluviatilis Wirth, 1947
- T. goughi Sæther & Andersen, 2011
- T. hirtus Wirth, 1947
- T. japonicus Tokunaga, 1933
- T. latipennis Wirth, 1949
- T. macswaini Wirth, 1949
- T. minor KiefferJean-Jacques KiefferJean-Jacques Kieffer was a French naturalist and entomologist who specialised in the study of parasitic insects. Educated as a priest, Kieffer taught natural science in Bitche, Lorraine while working on the description and classification of insects...
, 1914 - T. murrayi SætherOle A. SætherOle Anton Sæther is a Norwegian entomologist.He worked as a professor of zoology at Bergen Museum from 1977 to his retirement in 2006. He penned about 235 academic publications, and is a member of the editorial board of the journal Aquatic Insects...
, 2009 - T. namum Oliveira, 1950
- T. pacificus Tokunaga, 1935
- T. pectinatus (Deby, 1889)
- T. pusillum EdwardsFrederick Wallace EdwardsFrederick Wallace Edwards FRS , was an English entomologist who specialised in Diptera....
, 1933 - T. sanctipauli SchinerIgnaz Rudolph SchinerIgnaz Rudolf Schiner was an Austrian entomologist who specialised in Diptera.Schiner was born in Fronsburg , Horn in 1813 and died in Vienna on 6 July 1873. He was a ministerial secretary in ViennaHis most significant publications are...
, 1866 - T. torrenticola (Terry, 1913)
- T. trilobatus (KiefferJean-Jacques KiefferJean-Jacques Kieffer was a French naturalist and entomologist who specialised in the study of parasitic insects. Educated as a priest, Kieffer taught natural science in Bitche, Lorraine while working on the description and classification of insects...
, 1911) - T. trochanteratum EdwardsFrederick Wallace EdwardsFrederick Wallace Edwards FRS , was an English entomologist who specialised in Diptera....
, 1931 - T. williamsi Wirth, 1947