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Metriocnemus
Genus of flies / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Metriocnemus is a genus of non-biting midges in the subfamily Orthocladiinae of the bloodworm family Chironomidae.
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Metriocnemus | |
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Metriocnemus picipes | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Chironomidae |
Subfamily: | Orthocladiinae |
Genus: | Metriocnemus van der Wulp, 1874 |
Type species | |
Chironomus albolineatus Meigen, 1818 | |
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