''Qiniella'' is a
genus of non-biting
midge
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s in the
diptera
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subfamily
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Orthocladiinae
Orthocladiinae is a subfamily of midges in the non-biting midge family (biology), family (Chironomidae). For lack of a better common name, they are simply referred to as orthoclads.
Genera
*''Aagaardia'' Ole A. Sæther, Sæther, 1985
*''Abisk ...
of the
family Chironomidae.
The genus ''Qiniella'' was first described by
Xinhua Wang &
Ole A. Sæther
Ole Anton Sæther (9 December 1936 – 8 January 2013) was a Norwegian entomologist.
He was scientific assistant and university lecturer at Department of Limnology, University of Oslo, from 1960 to 1966; research scientist at Freshwater Institu ...
in 1998 for a single species, ''
Q. lii'', recorded from
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
. Posteriorly, Mendes and Andersen described two additional species, ''
Q. copa'' and ''
Q. thai'', from
Malaysia and
Thailand respectively.
Only the male adults are known, but ''Q. copa'' was collected high in the tree canopies in Malaysia, suggesting that this genus has terrestrial-immature forms.
References
*Mendes, H. F. & Andersen, T. 2002. Two new species of Qiniella Wang & Sæther (Diptera: Chironomidae) from Southeast Asia. ''Tidsch. Entomol.'' 145: 89-93.
*Wang, X. & Sæther, O. A. 1998. Qiniella, a new orthoclad genus from China (Diptera: Chironomidae). ''Hydrobiologia'' 362: 103-106.
Chironomidae
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