Demeijerea

Demeijerea
Demeijerea rufipes, Netherlands
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Chironomidae
Subfamily: Chironominae
Tribe: Chironomini
Genus: Demeijerea
Kruseman, 1933
Synonyms[1]
  • Demeigerea Kruseman, 1933
  • Prophytochironomus Lenz, 1957

Demeijerea is a genus of non-biting midges in the family Chironomidae. There are about six described species in Demeijerea, found mainly in North America and Europe.[1][2]

Species

These six species belong to the genus Demeijerea:[1][3]

  • Demeijerea abrupta (Townes, 1945)
  • Demeijerea atrimana (Coquillett, 1902)
  • Demeijerea brachialis (Coquillett, 1901)
  • Demeijerea obreptus (Townes, 1945)
  • Demeijerea rufipes (Linnaeus, 1761)
  • Demeijerea spinulata Saether, 2011

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Catalogue of Life, Demeijerea Kruseman, 1933". Retrieved 2026-06-25.
  2. ↑ Evenhuis, N.L.; Pape, T. (2026). "Systema Dipterorum". doi:10.48580/d3bz. Retrieved 2026-06-20.
  3. ↑ Townes, H. K. (1945). "The nearctic species of Tendipedini (Diptera, Tendipedidae (= Chironomidae))". American Midland Naturalist. 34 (1): 1–206. doi:10.2307/2421112. JSTOR 2421112.


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