''Stictochironomus'' is a genus of non-biting midges in the subfamily
Chironominae
Chironominae is a subfamily of midges in the non-biting midge family (Chironomidae).
Genera
*Tribe Chironomini
**''Axarus'' Roback 1980
**'' Baeotendipes'' Kieffer, 1913
**'' Beckidia'' Sæther 1979
**'' Carbochironomus'' Reiss & Kirschbaum 199 ...
of the bloodworm family
Chironomidae. Members of this genus often have strongly marked
wings and
legs
A leg is a weight-bearing and locomotive anatomical structure, usually having a columnar shape. During locomotion, legs function as "extensible struts". The combination of movements at all joints can be modeled as a single, linear element ...
. The
larvae of these midges may also have distinct dark patterns on the dorsal side of the head capsule. They live in
sand and other sediments in a variety of fresh water habitats in densities of several hundred per square meter.
''
S. maculipennis'' larvae have been reported to live relatively deep, up to 6 cm, in the sediment to avoid predation. It has been suggested they migrate between the deeper sediment layers and the sediment surface to breathe.
Species
*''
S. albicrus''
(Townes, 1945)
*''
S. annulicrus''
(Townes, 1945)
*''
S. crassiforceps''
(Kieffer Kieffer is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Aldine Silliman Kieffer (1840–1904), American music writer
* Charles Kieffer (1910–75), American athlete
* Eduardo Gudiño Kieffer (1935–2002), Argentine writer
* Guy-And ...
, 1922)
*''
S. devinctus''
(Say
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* "Say" ( ...
, 1829)
*''
S. flavicingulus''
( Walker, 1848)
*''
S. han''
( Na & Bae
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, 2010)
*''
S. lutosus''
(Townes, 1945)
*''
S. maculipennis''
( Meigen, 1818)
*''
S. marmoreus''
(Townes, 1945)
*''
S. naevus''
(Mitchell, 1908)
*''
S. palliatus''
(Coquillett
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, 1902)
*''
S. pictulus''
( Meigen, 1830)
*''
S. quagga''
(Townes, 1945)
*''
S. rosenschoeldi''
(Zetterstedt
Johan Wilhelm Zetterstedt (20 May 1785 – 23 December 1874) was a Sweden, Swedish Naturalism (philosophy) , naturalist who worked mainly on Diptera and Hymenoptera.
Biography
Zetterstedt studied at the Lund University, University of Lund, where ...
, 1838)
*''
S. sticticus''
(Fabricius Fabricius ( la, smith, german: Schmied, Schmidt) is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*people from the Ancient Roman gens Fabricia:
**Gaius Fabricius Luscinus, the first of the Fabricii to move to Rome
* Johann Goldsmid (1587†...
, 1781)
*''
S. unguiculatus''
( Malloch, 1934)
*''
S. varius''
(Townes, 1945)
*''
S. virgatus''
(Townes, 1945)
References
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Chironomidae
Diptera of Europe