Global diversity of non-biting midges (Chironomidae; Insecta-Diptera) in freshwater

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 595, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 447-455

  Ferrington Jr , Leonard C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chironomidae; Diversity; Endemicity; Historical processes; Zoogeography

Indexed keywords

LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; OCEAN HABITATS; TAXONOMIES;

CHIRONOMIDAE; ENDEMICITY; HISTORICAL PROCESSES; INHABITANTS; OCEANIC ISLANDS; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

BIODIVERSITY;

ABUNDANCE; ENDEMISM; FLY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; NEARCTIC REGION; PALEARCTIC REGION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY;

ANTARCTICA;

CERATOPOGONIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 38149035177     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-007-9130-1     Document Type: Review

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