''Asheum'' is a genus of
Europe
Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere. It is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the Mediterranean Sea to the south, and Asia to the east ...
an non-biting midges in the subfamily
Chironominae
Chironominae is a subfamily of midges in the non-biting midge family (biology), family (Chironomidae).
Genera
*Tribe Chironomini
**''Axarus'' Roback 1980
**''Baeotendipes'' Jean-Jacques Kieffer, Kieffer, 1913
**''Beckidia'' Ole A. Sæther, Sæth ...
of the bloodworm family
Chironomidae
Chironomidae , commonly known as non-biting midges or chironomids , are a family of Nematoceran flies with a global distribution. They are closely related to the families Ceratopogonidae, Simuliidae, and Thaumaleidae. Although many chironomid ...
. It was originally named ''Pedionomus'' by James E. Sublette in 1964; this name was discovered by Patrick Ashe to be preoccupied by ''
Pedionomus''
Gould, 1840, so it was renamed to ''Asheum'' by both James E. and Mary S. Sublette in 1983, naming it after Patrick Ashe.
''Asheum'' is sometimes considered to be a
subgenus
In biology, a subgenus ( subgenera) is a taxonomic rank directly below genus.
In the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, a subgeneric name can be used independently or included in a species name, in parentheses, placed between the ge ...
of ''
Polypedilum''.
Species
*''
A. beckae''
(Sublette, 1964)
*''
A. curticaudatum''
(Rempel, 1939)
References
Chironomidae
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