Belgica antarctica

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Chironomoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Antliophora Ordo: Diptera Subordo: Nematocera Infraordo: Culicomorpha Superfamilia: Chironomoidea

Familia: Chironomidae
Subfamilia: Orthocladiinae
Genus: Belgica
Species: Belgica antarctica

Name

Belgica antarctica Jacobs, 1900

Primary references

Jacobs, J.-Ch. 1900: Diagnoses d'insectes recueillis par l'expédition antarctique Belge. Diptères. Annales de la Société entomologique de Belgique 44: 106–107. BHL Reference page.

References

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