Qiniella
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Chironomidae |
| Subfamily: | Orthocladiinae |
| Genus: | Qiniella & Sæther, 1998 |
Qiniella is a genus of non-biting midges in the diptera subfamily Orthocladiinae of the family Chironomidae.
The genus Qiniella was first described by & Ole A. Sæther in 1998 for a single species, , recorded from China. Posteriorly, Mendes and Andersen described two additional species, and , from Malaysia and Thailand respectively.
Only the male adults are known, but Q. copa was collected high in the tree canopies in Malaysia, suggesting that this genus has terrestrial-immature forms.
References[]
- Mendes, H. F. & Andersen, T. 2002. Two new species of Qiniella Wang & Sæther (Diptera: Chironomidae) from Southeast Asia. Tidsch. Entomol. 145: 89-93.
- Wang, X. & Sæther, O. A. 1998. Qiniella, a new orthoclad genus from China (Diptera: Chironomidae). Hydrobiologia 362: 103-106.
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