Beardius is a genus of Pan-American non-biting midges in the subfamily Chironominae of the bloodworm family Chironomidae. It is named after the late Melvin Beard, a student at Eastern New Mexico University.
Species
- B. abbadi <small>Pinho, Mendes & Andersen, 2013</small>
- B. aciculatus <small>Andersen & Sæther, 1996</small>
- B. arawak <small>Pinho, Mendes & Andersen, 2013</small>
- B. bizzoi <small>Pinho, Mendes & Andersen, 2013</small>
- B. breviculus <small>Reiss & Sublette, 1985</small>
- B. bucephalus <small>Pinho, Mendes & Andersen, 2013</small>
- B. chapala <small>Pinho, Mendes & Andersen, 2013</small>
- B. cristhinae <small>Trivinho-Strixino & Siqueira, 2007</small>
- B. curticaudatus <small>Pinho, Mendes & Andersen, 2013</small>
- B. dioi <small>Pinho, Mendes & Andersen, 2013</small>
- B. fittkaui <small>Pinho, Mendes & Andersen, 2009</small>
- B. hirtidorsum <small>Pinho, Mendes & Andersen, 2013</small>
- B. krenak <small>Pinho, Mendes & Andersen, 2013</small>
- B. kumadueni <small>Pinho, Mendes & Andersen, 2013</small>
- B. lingulatus <small>Andersen & Sæther, 1996</small>
- B. longicaudatus <small>Pinho, Mendes & Andersen, 2013</small>
- B. mileneae <small>Pinho, Mendes & Andersen, 2013</small>
- B. nebularius <small>Pinho, Mendes & Andersen, 2013</small>
- B. neusae <small>Pinho, Mendes & Andersen, 2013</small>
- B. novoairensis <small>Pinho, Mendes & Andersen, 2013</small>
- B. parcus <small>Reiss & Sublette, 1985</small>
- B. phoenix <small>Pinho, Mendes & Andersen, 2013</small>
- B. phytophilus <small>Trivinho-Strixino & Strixino, 2000</small>
- B. reissi <small>Jacobsen, 2000</small>
- B. roquei <small>Trivinho-Strixino & Siqueira, 2007</small>
- B. sapiranga <small>Pinho, Mendes & Andersen, 2013</small>
- B. triangulatus <small>Andersen & Sæther, 1996</small>
- B. truncatus <small>Reiss & Sublette, 1985</small>
- B. tupinamba <small>Pinho, Mendes & Andersen, 2013</small>
- B. urupeatan <small>Pinho, Mendes & Andersen, 2009</small>
- B. vanessae <small>Pinho, Mendes & Andersen, 2013</small>
- B. xylophilus <small>Trivinho-Strixino & Strixino, 2000</small>
- B. yperoig <small>Pinho, Mendes & Andersen, 2013</small>
References