''Belgica albipes'' is a

species In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...

of non-flying

lake fly The Chironomidae (informally known as chironomids, nonbiting midges, or lake flies) comprise a family of nematoceran flies with a global distribution. They are closely related to the Ceratopogonidae, Simuliidae, and Thaumaleidae. Many species ...

first described by

Eugène Séguy Eugene Séguy (21 April 1890 – 1 June 1985) was a French entomologist and artist who specialised in Diptera. He held a chair of entomology at the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle in Paris from 1956 to 1960. He is also known for establishing ...

in 1965. ''Belgica albipes'' is part of the genus ''

Belgica Gallia Belgica ("Belgic Gaul") was a Roman province, province of the Roman Empire located in the north-eastern part of Roman Gaul, in what is today primarily northern France, Belgium, and Luxembourg, along with parts of the Netherlands and German ...

'' and the family

Chironomidae The Chironomidae (informally known as chironomids, nonbiting midges, or lake flies) comprise a family of nematoceran flies with a global distribution. They are closely related to the Ceratopogonidae, Simuliidae, and Thaumaleidae. Many species ...

.''Systema Dipterorum''. Pape T. & Thompson F.C. (eds), 2011-01-06 The insect lives in the

Crozet Islands The Crozet Islands (french: Îles Crozet; or, officially, ''Archipel Crozet'') are a sub-Antarctic archipelago of small islands in the southern Indian Ocean. They form one of the five administrative districts of the French Southern and Antarcti ...

References

Bibliography

* 1973: Observations on the distribution of surface-living land arthropods on the Subantarctic Île de la Possession, Îles Crozet. ''Journal of natural history'', 7: 241–253. * 1965: Deux nouveaux Tendipedides des Iles Crozet (Insetes Dipteres Nematoceres). ''Bull. Mus. natn. Hist. nat. Paris'', 37: 285–289. * 1982: Description du male de ''Belgica albipes'' (SÉGUY, 1965), n. comb., rare chironomidé microptère des iles Crozet (Diptera). ''Revue française d'entomologie'', 4: 97–100. albipes Insects of Antarctica Fauna of the Crozet Islands Insects described in 1965 {{Chironomidae-stub