A dipteran from south of the Antarctic Circle: Belgica antarctica (Chironomidae) with a description of its larva

• Published in: Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
• Main Authors: Usher, Michael B., Edwards, Marion
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Linnean Society 1984
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; Refuge Islands; Orford; Orford Cliff; Antarc*; Antarctica; antarcticus; Belgica antarctica
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/523784/; https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8312.1984.tb00803.x

Belgica antarctica Jacobs is recorded for the first time from two localities south of the Antarctic circle: Orford Cliff (66°55'S) on the Continental mainland and the Refuge Islands (68°21'S). The larva is described, and measurements of head capsule lengths indicate four instars. The larva...