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Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas

Minnesota Pollution Control Agency invertebrates (MPCA)

Expert observations of invertebrate species recorded during field surveys by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency.
Contact: John Sandberg (john.sandberg@state.mn.us)
Collection Type: Observations
Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal
Global Unique Identifier: 4c8aa4a3-ff25-4fc0-b5dd-49f56c5308cc
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Digital Metadata: EML File
Collection Statistics
  • 328,490 specimen records
  • 327,624 (100%) georeferenced
  • 149 families
  • 627 genera
  • 397 species
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Click on the specimen record counts within the parenthesis to return the records for that family
  • Ablabesmyia (3670)
  • Acalcarella (2)
  • Acamptocladius (9)
  • Acricotopus (696)
  • Allocladius (6)
  • Apedilum (30)
  • Apsectrotanypus (6)
  • Axarus (6)
  • Brillia (1580)
  • Bryophaenocladius (1)
  • Cantopelopia (1)
  • Cardiocladius (93)
  • Chaetocladius (29)
  • Chernovskiia (5)
  • Chironomini (1980)
  • Chironomus (2064)
  • Cladopelma (309)
  • Cladotanytarsus (958)
  • Clinotanypus (111)
  • Coelotanypus (1)
  • Conchapelopia (560)
  • Constempellina (13)
  • Corynoneura (2619)
  • Cricotopus (4978)
  • Cryptochironomus (1233)
  • Cryptotendipes (360)
  • Demeijerea (4)
  • Demicryptochironomus (26)
  • Diamesa (37)
  • Diamesinae (3)
  • Dicrotendipes (3621)
  • Diplocladius (54)
  • Djalmabatista (2)
  • Doncricotopus (65)
  • Einfeldia (30)
  • Endochironomus (1671)
  • Endotribelos (49)
  • Epoicocladius (19)
  • Eukiefferiella (819)
  • Euryhapsis (3)
  • Glyptotendipes (1811)
  • Goeldichironomus (1)
  • Guttipelopia (301)
  • Gymnometriocnemus (3)
  • Harnischia (1)
  • Hayesomyia (1)
  • Heleniella (17)
  • Helopelopia (20)
  • Heterotrissocladius (102)
  • Hydrobaenus (44)
  • Hyporhygma (12)
  • Kiefferulus (62)
  • Kloosia (1)
  • Krenopelopia (1)
  • Krenosmittia (2)
  • Kribiodorum (33)
  • Labrundinia (2549)
  • Larsia (454)
  • Lauterborniella (183)
  • Limnophyes (943)
  • Lopescladius (110)
  • Macropelopia (2)
  • Metriocnemus (17)
  • Microchironomus (6)
  • Micropsectra (2110)
  • Microtendipes (2444)
  • Monodiamesa (1)
  • Monopelopia (95)
  • Nanocladius (1542)
  • Natarsia (81)
  • Neostempellina (27)
  • Neozavrelia (1)
  • Nilotanypus (409)
  • Nilothauma (204)
  • Odontomesa (45)
  • Omisus (21)
  • Orthocladiinae (1798)
  • Orthocladius (1184)
  • Pagastia (131)
  • Pagastiella (26)
  • Parachaetocladius (11)
  • Parachironomus (1616)
  • Paracladius (1)
  • Paracladopelma (131)
  • Paracricotopus (15)
  • Parakiefferiella (1034)
  • Paralauterborniella (220)
  • Paramerina (906)
  • Parametriocnemus (1414)
  • Paraphaenocladius (100)
  • Paratanytarsus (4221)
  • Paratendipes (1025)
  • Pentaneura (306)
  • Phaenopsectra (1969)
  • Polypedilum (6068)
  • Potthastia (141)
  • Procladius (1992)
  • Prodiamesa (53)
  • Psectrocladius (1001)
  • Psectrotanypus (54)
  • Pseudochironomini (3)
  • Pseudochironomus (485)
  • Pseudodiamesa (1)
  • Pseudorthocladius (9)
  • Pseudosmittia (48)
  • Psilometriocnemus (7)
  • Radotanypus (16)
  • Rheocricotopus (1259)
  • Rheopelopia (7)
  • Rheosmittia (3)
  • Rheotanytarsus (3438)
  • Robackia (16)
  • Saetheria (202)
  • Smittia (7)
  • Stempellina (251)
  • Stempellinella (1192)
  • Stenochironomus (1496)
  • Stictochironomus (335)
  • Stilocladius (14)
  • Sublettea (131)
  • Symposiocladius (1)
  • Synorthocladius (106)
  • Tanypodinae (2322)
  • Tanypus (193)
  • Tanytarsini (1880)
  • Tanytarsus (4232)
  • Telopelopia (11)
  • Thienemanniella (2123)
  • Thienemannimyia (696)
  • Tribelos (326)
  • Trissopelopia (60)
  • Tvetenia (1605)
  • Unniella (9)
  • Xenochironomus (227)
  • Xylotopus (223)
  • Zalutschia (4)
  • Zavrelia (1)
  • Zavreliella (370)
  • Zavrelimyia (450)
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