''Corynoneura'' is a speciose genus of non-biting
midge
A midge is any small fly, including species in several family (biology), families of non-mosquito nematoceran Diptera. Midges are found (seasonally or otherwise) on practically every land area outside permanently arid deserts and the frigid ...
s in the
subfamily
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Orthocladiinae of the bloodworm
family
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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 ...
. With a world-wide distribution (absent from Antarctica), these small midges are found in both flowing and standing freshwater of various thermal regimes.
Species
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C. arctica''
Kieffer, 1923
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C. brundini''
Hirvenoja & Hirvenoja, 1988
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C. carriana''
Edwards, 1924
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C. celeripes''
Winnertz, 1852
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C. celtica''
Edwards, 1924
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C. coronata''
Edwards, 1924
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C. diara''
Roback, 1957
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C. edwardsi''
Brundin, 1949
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C. fittkaui''
Schlee, 1968
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C. fortispicula''
Weidenburg & Trivinho-Strixino, 2011[Weidenburg, S. & Trivinho-Strixino, S. (2011). "New species of the genus ''Corynoneura''Winnertz (Diptera, Chironomidae) from Brazil." ''Zootaxa'' 2822: 1-40.]
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C. gratias''
Schlee, 1968
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C. gynocera''
Tuiskunen, 1983
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C. hermanni''
Weidenburg & Trivinho-Strixino, 2011
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C. lacustris''
Edwards, 1924
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C. lobata''
Edwards, 1924
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C. longipennis''
Tokunaga, 1936
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C. magna''
Brundin, 1949
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C. marina''
Kieffer, 1924
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C. mediaspicula''
Weidenburg & Trivinho-Strixino, 2011
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C. mineira''
Weidenburg & Trivinho-Strixino, 2011
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C. oxfordana''
Boesel and Winner, 1980
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C. scutellata''
Winnertz, 1846
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C. septadentata''
Weidenburg & Trivinho-Strixino, 2011
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C. sertaodaquina''
Weidenburg & Trivinho-Strixino, 2011
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C. taris''
Roback, 1957
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C. unicapsulata''
Weidenburg & Trivinho-Strixino, 2011
References
Chironomidae
Nematocera genera
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