Glyptotendipes

Glyptotendipes
Glyptotendipes paripes, Florida
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Chironomidae
Subfamily: Chironominae
Tribe: Chironomini
Genus: Glyptotendipes
Kieffer, 1913
Subgenera
  • Glyptotendipes Kieffer, 1913
  • Phytotendipes Goetghebuer, 1937
Synonyms
  • Caulochironomus Heyn, 1993
  • Heynotendipes Spies & Sæther, 2004
  • Phytotendipes Goetghebuer, 1937
  • Trichotendipes Heyn, 1993

Glyptotendipes is a genus of non-biting midges in the family Chironomidae. There are more than 60 described species in Glyptotendipes.

Glyptotendipes testaceus
Glyptotendipes barbipes, Texas
Glyptotendipes pallens, North Wales
Glyptotendipes meridionalis, Oklahoma

Species

These 64 species belong to the genus Glyptotendipes:

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Catalogue of Life, Glyptotendipes Kieffer, 1913". Retrieved 2026-06-25.
  2. ↑ Evenhuis, N.L.; Pape, T. (2026). "Systema Dipterorum". doi:10.48580/d3bz. Retrieved 2026-06-20.
  3. ↑ Majumdar, U.; Mazumdar, A. (2011). "Chironomid flies of the genus GlyptotendipesKieffer (Diptera: Chironomidae) from India with a short account of their biology". Aquatic Insects. 33 (3). Informa UK Limited: 253–272. doi:10.1080/01650424.2011.597409. ISSN 0165-0424.
  4. ↑ Konar, Sanghamitra; Majumdar, Uttaran (3 July 2021). "Two new species of the genus Glyptotendipes Kieffer (Diptera: Chironomidae: Chironominae) from West Bengal India". Oriental Insects. 55 (3): 386–399. doi:10.1080/00305316.2020.1831640.
  5. ↑ Song, Hokyung; Kim, Won-Seok; Park, Jae-Won; Kwak, Ihn-Sil (2022-10-25). "Identification of Bacterial Communities in Laboratory-Adapted Glyptotendipes tokunagai and Wild-Stream-Inhabiting Chironomus flaviplumus". Microorganisms. 10 (11). MDPI AG: 2107. doi:10.3390/microorganisms10112107. ISSN 2076-2607. PMC 9697596.