Mesosmittia

Mesosmittia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Chironomidae
Subfamily:	Orthocladiinae
Genus:	Mesosmittia; , 1956

The genus Mesosmittia is cosmopolitan, thus occurring in all biogeographical regions except for Antarctica. Almost nothing or very little is known about its ecology, the larva of one species was described by Strenze (1950) as terrestrial, but adults can be collected using emergence traps set over rivulets.

The genus was recently revised for the Neotropics with descriptions of new species.

The genus comprises:

Sæther, recorded from United States and Mexico.
Andersen & Mendes, recorded from Guatemala and Mexico.
(Edwards), recorded from all over Europe.
Andersen & Mendes, recorded from Ecuador.
Andersen & Mendes, recorded from Mexico.
Andersen & Mendes, recorded from Ecuador, only the holotype is known.
Sæther, recorded from United States and Mexico.
Donato, recorded from South America.
Sæther, recorded from various locations in the Neotropics, United States, China, and South Africa.
Sæther, recorded from United States and Mexico.
Sæther, recorded from United States and Mexico.
Sæther, recorded from Panama, only the holotype is known.

References[]

Andersen, T.A. & Mendes, H.F. 2002. Neotropical and Mexican Mesosmittia Brundin, with description of four new species (Insecta, Diptera, Chironomidae). Spixiana 25: 141-155.
Brundin, L. 1956. Zur Systematik der Orthocladiinae (Dipt., Chironomidae). Rep. Inst. Freshwat. Res. Drottningholm 37: 5-185.
Donato, M. 2011. A new species of the genus Mesismittia Brundin, 1956 (Diptera: Chironomidae) from the Neotropics with a cladistic analysis of the genus using quantitative characters. Zootaxa 2836: 51-61.

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