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Genus of flies

Oliveridia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Chironomidae
Subfamily: Orthocladiinae
Genus: Oliveridia
Sæther, 1980

Oliveridia is a genus of midges and consists of two species: O. hugginsi and O. tricornis.

Oliveridia hugginsi Ferrington and Sæther is known from the Big Caney River in Kansas. It commonly emerges in January. This is the southernmost record of a species of the genus Oliveridia.

References

  1. Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2008. The Animal Diversity Web (online).
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Oliveridia
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