Belgica albipes is a species of non-flying lake fly first described by Eugène Séguy in 1965. Belgica albipes is part of the genus Belgica and the family Chironomidae.[1][2] The insect lives in the Crozet Islands.[1]
| Belgica albipes | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Chironomidae |
| Genus: | Belgica |
| Species: | B. albipes
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| Binomial name | |
| Belgica albipes Séguy, 1965
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References edit
- ^ a b Bisby F.A.; Roskov Y.R.; Orrell T.M.; Nicolson D.; Paglinawan L.E.; Bailly N.; Kirk P.M.; Bourgoin T.; Baillargeon G.; Ouvrard D. (red.) (2011). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
- ^ Systema Dipterorum. Pape T. & Thompson F.C. (eds), 2011-01-06
Bibliography edit
Wikispecies has information related to Belgica albipes.
- Davies, L. 1973: Observations on the distribution of surface-living land arthropods on the Subantarctic Île de la Possession, Îles Crozet. Journal of natural history, 7: 241–253. doi:10.1080/00222937300770201
- Séguy 1965: Deux nouveaux Tendipedides des Iles Crozet (Insetes Dipteres Nematoceres). Bull. Mus. natn. Hist. nat. Paris, 37: 285–289.
- Serra-Tosio, B. 1982: Description du male de Belgica albipes (SÉGUY, 1965), n. comb., rare chironomidé microptère des iles Crozet (Diptera). Revue française d'entomologie, 4: 97–100.
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