Orthocladiinae ...

• Main Author: Hebert, Torbjørn Ekrem Elisabeth Stur Paul D. N.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2010
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Insecta; Diptera; Chironomidae; Orthocladiinae; Arctic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12795693; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.12795693

Orthocladiinae Both Bryophaenocladius and Smittia are taxonomically diverse genera, in which most species probably have terrestrial or semi-terrestrial immature stages (Cranston et al. 1989). At least some arctic species of Smittia are known to be parthenogenetic, e.g. S. brevipennis (Boheman, 1856) and S. velutina (Lundbeck, 1898). Only one of three Smittia species, S. nudipennis (Goetghebuer, 1913), is represented by males in our dataset, but the number of sampled specimens is too low to determine whether the other two species are parthenogenetic or otherwise strongly female-biased. Three species of an unrecognisable genus of Orthocladiinae (Genus A) were represented by females only. Morphologically, the specimens are similar to described females in the genera Tavastia, Parasmittia and Gymnometriocnemus, but they do not fit any of the present generic diagnoses. Chaetocladius is a relatively species-rich genus with about 25 recognised species in Europe. It has never been revised, and new findings have often ... : Published as part of Hebert, Torbjørn Ekrem Elisabeth Stur Paul D. N., 2010, Females do count: Documenting Chironomidae (Diptera) species diversity using DNA barcoding, pp. 397-408 in Organisms Diversity & Evolution 10 (5) on pages 401-406, DOI: 10.1007/s13127-010-0034-y, http://zenodo.org/record/12763952 ...