Allocladius
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Chironomidae
- Genus: Allocladius
Visual Description
Based on observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset, specimens of the genus Allocladius are small, non-biting midges typical of the family Chironomidae.[1] They exhibit the characteristic slender body form, delicate wings, and long, thin legs common to the subfamily Orthocladiinae.[1]
Overview
Allocladius is a genus of non-biting midges within the family Chironomidae, specifically belonging to the subfamily Orthocladiinae.[2] The genus is known to be represented in South America by several species, including A. fortispinatus, A. globosus, and A. quadrus.[2]
Gallery
References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Chironomidae / Allocladius constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- 1 2 Melina Mauad; Augusto Siri; Mariano Donato. New species of Pseudosmittia Edwards, 1932 and new records of Allocladius Kieffer, 1913 (Diptera: Chironomidae, Orthocladiinae) from South America. Zootaxa. 2013. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3694.5.3.