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]

Beardius
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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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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f Reiss, F.; Sublette, J.E. (1985). "Beardius new genus with notes on additional Pan-American taxa (Diptera, Chironomidae)". Spixiana. Supplement 11: 179–193.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u Pinho, L.C.; Mendes, H.F.; Andersen, T. (2013). "Revision of Beardius Reiss et Sublette, 1985 (Diptera: Chironomidae), with the description of twenty new species" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3742 (1): 1–78. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3742.1.1. PMID 25113087.
  3. ^ a b c Andersen, T.; Sæther, O.A. (1996). "New species and records of Beardius Reiss et Sublette (Diptera: Chironomidae)" (PDF). Annales de Limnologie. 32 (1): 33–44. doi:10.1051/limn/1996003.
  4. ^ a b Trivinho-Strixino, S.; Siqueira, T. (2007). "New species of Beardius Reiss et Sublette, 1985 (Diptera: Chironomidae) from Southeastern Brazil". In Andersen, T. (ed.). Contributions to the Systematics and Ecology of Aquatic Diptera. A Tribute to Ole A. Sæther. Columbus, Ohio: The Caddis Press. pp. 281–286. ISBN 9780966798234.
  5. ^ a b Pinho, L.C.; Mendes, H.F.; Andersen, T. (2009). "New species and records of Beardius Reiss & Sublette from Brazil (Diptera, Chironomidae)" (PDF). Spixiana. 32 (2): 255–264.
  6. ^ a b Trivinho-Strixino, S.; Strixino, G. (2000). "Two new species of Beardius Reiss et Sublette (Diptera, Chironomidae) from Southeastern Brazil". In Hoffrichter, O. (ed.). Late 20th Century Research on Chironomidae: An Anthology from the 13th International Symposium on Chironomidae. Aachen: Shaker Verlag. pp. 245–250. ISBN 9783826574313.
  7. ^ Jacobsen, R.E.; Perry, S.A. (2000). "A review of Beardius Reiss & Sublette, with the description of a new species from Everglades National Park, Florida (Insecta, Diptera, Chironomidae)". Spixiana. 23 (2): 129–144.