Metriocnemus longipennis (Holmgren) Holmgren
- Dataset
- The chironomids (Diptera, Chironomidae) described by Lundström (1915) from arctic Siberia, with a redescription of Derotanypus sibiricus (Kruglova & Chernovskii)
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Diptera
- family
- Chironomidae
- genus
- Metriocnemus
- species
- Metriocnemus longipennis
Metriocnemus longipennis (Holmgren) Holmgren
Metriocnemus longipennis (Holmgren)
Smittia longipennis Holmgren, 1883: 18.
Dolichoprymna longipennis Holmgr. sensu Lundström (1915: 21).
The male imago of M. longipennis has been redescribed by Saether (1989: 421). Saether (1995: 45) has redescribed the Lundström material, including the female (3 specimens), and established the above synonymy. Dolichoprymna Lundström, 1915 (type species by original designation and monotypy: D. longipennis) has thus become a junior synonym of Metriocnemus van der Wulp, 1874.