Apedilum

Apedilum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Suborder:	Nematocera
Infraorder:	Culicomorpha
Superfamily:	Chironomoidea
Family:	Chironomidae
Subfamily:	Chironominae
Tribe:	Chironomini
Genus:	Apedilum; Townes, 1945
Type species
	; Townes, 1945

Apedilum is a genus of non-biting midges of the bloodworm family Chironomidae. The genus was previously considered a junior synonym of Paralauterborniella, but was restored as a separate genus by J. H. Epler (1988) for the species A. elachistus and A. subcinctum.^[2]

Species[]

A. elachistus Townes, 1945^[1]
(Edwards, 1931)^[3]
Townes, 1945^[1]

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c Townes, Jr, Henry K. (1945). "The Nearctic Species of Tendipedini [Diptera, Tendipedidae (= Chironomidae)]". The American Midland Naturalist. 34 (1): 1–206. doi:10.2307/2421112. JSTOR 2421112.
^ Epler, J. H. (1988). "A reconsideration of the genus Apedilum Townes, 1945 (Diptera, Chironomidae)". Spixiana. Supplement 14: 105–116.
^ Donato, Mariano; Siri, Augusto; Massaferro, Julieta; Brooks, Stephen J (2015). "Apedilum griseistriatum comb. nov., placement of Chironomus (Polypedilum) griseistriatum (Diptera, Chironomidae)" (PDF). Iheringia. Série Zoologia. 105 (1): 5–11. doi:10.1590/1678-476620151051511.

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[Townes1945-1] Townes, Jr, Henry K. (1945). "The Nearctic Species of Tendipedini [Diptera, Tendipedidae (= Chironomidae)]". The American Midland Naturalist. 34 (1): 1–206. doi:10.2307/2421112. JSTOR 2421112.

[2] Epler, J. H. (1988). "A reconsideration of the genus Apedilum Townes, 1945 (Diptera, Chironomidae)". Spixiana. Supplement 14: 105–116.

[3] Donato, Mariano; Siri, Augusto; Massaferro, Julieta; Brooks, Stephen J (2015). "Apedilum griseistriatum comb. nov., placement of Chironomus (Polypedilum) griseistriatum (Diptera, Chironomidae)" (PDF). Iheringia. Série Zoologia. 105 (1): 5–11. doi:10.1590/1678-476620151051511.

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