Belgica (midge)

Belgica is a flightless midge genus in the family Chironomidae. It contains the following two species:[3]

• Belgica albipes (Séguy, 1965),[2] found in the Crozet Islands (Îles Crozet) in the southern Indian Ocean.
• Belgica antarctica Jacobs, 1900,[1] found in the maritime Antarctic.

For other uses, see Belgica (disambiguation).

Belgica
Belgica antarctica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Chironomidae
Genus:	Belgica Jacobs, 1900[1]
Type species
Belgica antarctica Jacobs, 1900[1]
Species
2 recognized species, see article.
Synonyms
Protobelgica Séguy, 1965[2]

References

1. Jacobs, [J.-Ch.] (1900). "Diagnoses d'insectes recueillis par l'expédition antarctique Belge: Diptères". Annales de la Société entomologique de Belgique. 44: 106–107.
2. Séguy, E. (1965). "Deux nouveaux Tendipédides des Îles Crozet (Insectes Diptères Nématocères)". Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. 2e Série. 37 (2): 287–288.
3. Giuliana Allegrucci; Gianmaria Carchini; Valentina Todisco; Peter Convey; Valerio Sbordoni (2006). "A molecular phylogeny of Antarctic Chironomidae and its implications for biogeographical history". Polar Biology. 29 (4): 320–326. doi:10.1007/s00300-005-0056-7.

Further reading

• Allegrucci, Giuliana; Carchini, Gianmaria; Convey, Peter; Sbordoni, Valerio (2012). "Evolutionary geographic relationships among orthocladine chironomid midges from maritime Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 106 (2): 258–274. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.2012.01864.x.