Beardius

Beardius
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Chironomidae
Subfamily: Chironominae
Tribe: Chironomini
Genus: Beardius
Reiss & Sublette, 1985
Type species
Beardius parcus
Reiss & Sublette, 1985

Beardius is a genus of non-biting midges in the family Chironomidae. There are about 12 described species in Beardius, found in North, Central, and South America. It is named after the late Melvin Beard, a student at Eastern New Mexico University.

Species

These 12 species belong to the genus Beardius:

References

  1. 1 2 3 Reiss, F.; Sublette, J.E. (1985). "Beardius new genus with notes on additional Pan-American taxa (Diptera, Chironomidae)". Spixiana. Supplement 11: 179–193.
  2. 1 2 "Catalogue of Life, Beardius Reiss & Sublette, 1985". Retrieved 2026-06-24.
  3. ↑ Evenhuis, N.L.; Pape, T. (2026). "Systema Dipterorum". doi:10.48580/d3bz. Retrieved 2026-06-20.
  4. 1 2 Pinho, L.C.; Mendes, H.F.; Andersen, T. (2013). "Revision of Beardius Reiss et Sublette, 1985 (Diptera: Chironomidae), with the description of twenty new species" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3742 (1): 1–78. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3742.1.1. PMID 25113087.
  5. ↑ Andersen, T.; Sæther, O.A. (1996). "New species and records of Beardius Reiss et Sublette (Diptera: Chironomidae)" (PDF). Annales de Limnologie. 32 (1): 33–44. doi:10.1051/limn/1996003.
  6. ↑ Trivinho-Strixino, S.; Siqueira, T. (2007). "New species of Beardius Reiss et Sublette, 1985 (Diptera: Chironomidae) from Southeastern Brazil". In Andersen, T. (ed.). Contributions to the Systematics and Ecology of Aquatic Diptera. A Tribute to Ole A. Sæther. Columbus, Ohio: The Caddis Press. pp. 281–286. ISBN 9780966798234.
  7. ↑ Trivinho-Strixino, S.; Strixino, G. (2000). "Two new species of Beardius Reiss et Sublette (Diptera, Chironomidae) from Southeastern Brazil". In Hoffrichter, O. (ed.). Late 20th Century Research on Chironomidae: An Anthology from the 13th International Symposium on Chironomidae. Aachen: Shaker Verlag. pp. 245–250. ISBN 9783826574313.
  8. ↑ Jacobsen, R.E.; Perry, S.A. (2000). "A review of Beardius Reiss & Sublette, with the description of a new species from Everglades National Park, Florida (Insecta, Diptera, Chironomidae)". Spixiana. 23 (2): 129–144.