Beckidia

Beckidia is a genus of European and African non-biting midges in the subfamily Chironominae of the bloodworm family Chironomidae.

Beckidia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Suborder:	Nematocera
Infraorder:	Culicomorpha
Superfamily:	Chironomoidea
Family:	Chironomidae
Subfamily:	Chironominae
Tribe:	Chironomini
Genus:	Beckidia Kieffer, 1913
Type species
Harnischia (Cladopelma) tethys Townes, 1945
Species
See text
Synonyms
Beckiella Sæther, 1977

Species

• B. biraensis Zorina, 2006[1]
• B. connexa Zorina, 2006[1]
• B. hirsti (Freeman, 1957)[2]
• B. tethys (Townes, 1945)[1][3][4]
• B. zabolotzkyi (Goetghebuer, 1938)[4][5]

References

1. Zorina, Oksana V. (2006). "New species and records of Beckidia Sæther (Diptera: Chironomidae) from the Russian Far East" (PDF). Zootaxa. New Zealand: Magnolia Press. 1151: 47–53. ISSN 1175-5334. Retrieved 2009-05-22.
2. "The genus Beckidia in Namibia". Namibia: Namibian Biodiversity Database. Retrieved 2020-06-03.
3. "ITIS Standard Report Page: Beckidia tethys". Canada: Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2009-05-22.
4. "Fauna Europaea : Taxon Details - genus Beckidia". Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 2009-05-22.
5. Ozkan, Nurcan (2002). "Five New Chironomidae (Diptera) Species for the Turkish Fauna" (PDF). Turkish Journal Zoology. Ankara, Turkey: The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey. 26: 183–188. ISSN 1303-6114. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-01-26. Retrieved 2009-05-22.