The genus ''Mesosmittia'' is
cosmopolitan
Cosmopolitan may refer to:
Food and drink
* Cosmopolitan (cocktail), also known as a "Cosmo"
History
* Rootless cosmopolitan, a Soviet derogatory epithet during Joseph Stalin's anti-Semitic campaign of 1949–1953
Hotels and resorts
* Cosmopoli ...
, thus occurring in all
biogeographical
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regions except for
Antarctica
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. 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
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Definition
In bi ...
with descriptions of new species.
The genus comprises:
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M. acutistylus''
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* Andrine Sæther (born 1964), Norwegian actress
* Bjarne Berg-Sæther (1919–2009), Norwegian politician for the Labour Party
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, recorded from United States and Mexico.
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M. annae'' Andersen & Mendes, recorded from
Guatemala and Mexico.
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M. flexuella'' (Edwards), recorded from all over
Europe
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.
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M. glabra'' Andersen & Mendes, recorded from
Ecuador
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.
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M. guanajensis'' Andersen & Mendes, recorded from Mexico.
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M. hirta'' Andersen & Mendes, recorded from
Ecuador
Ecuador ( ; ; Quechuan languages, Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar language, Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechuan ...
, only the
holotype
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is known.
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M. lobiga''
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* Andrine Sæther (born 1964), Norwegian actress
* Bjarne Berg-Sæther (1919–2009), Norwegian politician for the Labour Party
* Gjøran Sæther (born 1982), Norwegia ...
, recorded from United States and Mexico.
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M. museophila'' Donato, recorded from
South America
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.
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M. patrihortae''
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* Andrine Sæther (born 1964), Norwegian actress
* Bjarne Berg-Sæther (1919–2009), Norwegian politician for the Labour Party
* Gjøran Sæther (born 1982), Norwegia ...
, recorded from various locations in the
Neotropics
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Definition
In bi ...
, United States, China, and
South Africa
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.
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M. prolixa''
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* Andrine Sæther (born 1964), Norwegian actress
* Bjarne Berg-Sæther (1919–2009), Norwegian politician for the Labour Party
* Gjøran Sæther (born 1982), Norwegia ...
, recorded from United States and Mexico.
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M. tora''
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* Andrine Sæther (born 1964), Norwegian actress
* Bjarne Berg-Sæther (1919–2009), Norwegian politician for the Labour Party
* Gjøran Sæther (born 1982), Norwegia ...
, recorded from United States and Mexico.
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M. truncata''
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* Andrine Sæther (born 1964), Norwegian actress
* Bjarne Berg-Sæther (1919–2009), Norwegian politician for the Labour Party
* Gjøran Sæther (born 1982), Norwegia ...
, recorded from
Panama
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, only the
holotype
A holotype is a single physical example (or illustration) of an organism, known to have been used when the species (or lower-ranked taxon) was formally described. It is either the single such physical example (or illustration) or one of seve ...
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.
Chironomidae
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