Saetheria

Saetheria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Chironomidae
Subfamily: Chironominae
Tribe: Chironomini
Genus: Saetheria
Jackson, 1977

Saetheria is a genus of non-biting midges in the family Chironomidae. There are about 16 described species in Saetheria, found in the Americas, Europe, and Asia.[1][2]

Species

These 16 species belong to the genus Saetheria:

  • Saetheria angusta (Freeman, 1961)
  • Saetheria aspidocephala (Linevich, 1959)
  • Saetheria circinata Mukherjee & Hazra, 2023
  • Saetheria digitata Yan, Saether & Wang, 2011
  • Saetheria fuscipennis (Linevich, 1959)
  • Saetheria glabra Yan, Saether & Wang, 2011
  • Saetheria gomphocephala (Linevich, 1959)
  • Saetheria hirta Saether, 1983
  • Saetheria intermedia (Linevich, 1958)
  • Saetheria magna (Linevich, 1959)
  • Saetheria reissi Jackson, 1977
  • Saetheria sacculifera (Chaudhuri & Chattopadhyay, 1990)
  • Saetheria separata Yan, Saether & Wang, 2011
  • Saetheria taishoabea (Sasa & Tanaka, 2001)
  • Saetheria tamanipparai (Sasa, 1983)
  • Saetheria tylus (Townes, 1945)

References

  1. ↑ "Catalogue of Life, Saetheria Jackson, 1977". Retrieved 2026-06-25.
  2. ↑ Evenhuis, N.L.; Pape, T. (2026). "Systema Dipterorum". doi:10.48580/d3bz. Retrieved 2026-06-20.