Axarus
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Chironomidae
- Genus: Axarus
Visual Description
Axarus is a genus of non-biting midges within the family Chironomidae. Observations of specimens from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset reveal typical chironomid morphology, characterized by a slender, elongated body and delicate, long legs.[1] The wings are typically clear or lightly patterned, and the antennae in males are often plumose, a common trait among many chironomid genera.[1]
Taxonomy and Distribution
The genus Axarus was established by Roback in 1980.[2] Recent taxonomic work has focused on the Neotropical region, including the description of new species such as Axarus cordiformis from the Brazilian Amazon.[3] The known distribution of several species, including Axarus globosus, Axarus intervales, and Axarus diabolicus, has also been expanded through recent studies.[3]
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References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Chironomidae / Axarus constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Axarus Roback 1980 - Plazi TreatmentBank. Plazi TreatmentBank. http://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/xhtml/1C04CD046E30FF9DFF5122A2FBB3A173. Accessed 2026-07-14.
- 1 2 Luiz Carlos Pinho; GALILEU P.S. DANTAS; Neusa Hamada. Some notes on taxonomy and distribution of Neotropical Aedokritus Roback and Axarus Roback (Diptera: Chironomidae: Chironominae). Zootaxa. 2019. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4668.4.6.