''Baeoctenus'' is a genus of
Europe
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an non-biting midges in the subfamily
Orthocladiinae of the bloodworm family. The larvae in their third
instar
An instar (, from the Latin '' īnstar'' 'form, likeness') is a developmental stage of arthropods, such as insects, which occurs between each moult (''ecdysis'') until sexual maturity is reached. Arthropods must shed the exoskeleton in order to ...
invade the gills of mussels.
Species
*''
B. bicolor''
Sæther, 1976
References
Chironomidae
Chironomoidea genera
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