Beardius
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| Beardius | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Chironomidae |
| Tribe: | Chironomini |
| Genus: | Beardius Reiss & Sublette, 1985[1] |
| Type species | |
| Beardius parcus Reiss & Sublette, 1985 | |
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Beardius is a genus of Pan-American non-biting midges in the subfamily Chironominae of the bloodworm family Chironomidae.[1][2] It is named after the late Melvin Beard, a student at Eastern New Mexico University.[1]
