Belgica antarctica, the Antarctic midge, is a species of flightless midge, endemic to the continent of Antarctica. At 2–6 mm (0.08–0.2 in) long, it is the largest purely terrestrial animal native to the continent. It also has the smallest known insect genome as of 2014, with only 99 million base pairs of nucleotides and about 13500 genes. It is the only insect that can survive year-round in Antarctica.
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Belgicaantarctica, the Antarctic midge, is a species of flightless midge, endemic to the continent of Antarctica. At 2–6 mm (0.08–0.2 in) long, it is...
islands. Insects endemic to Antarctica include: Belgica albipes, a midge Belgicaantarctica, a midge Siphlopteryx antarctica, a fly Springtail species identified...
sub-Antarctic islands. The flightless midge Belgicaantarctica, the largest purely terrestrial animal in Antarctica, reaches 6 mm (1⁄4 in) in size. Antarctic...
optimal temperatures between 1–4 °C. The wingless midge (Chironomidae) Belgicaantarctica can tolerate salt, being frozen and strong ultraviolet, and has the...
discoveries, including a flightless midge fly that was later formally named Belgicaantarctica by the Belgian entomologist Jean-Charles Jacobs. The Gerlache Strait...
zelandica, the New Zealand batfly Wingless midges Genus Belgica, including Belgicaantarctica, the Antarctic midge Genus Pontomyia, marine flightless...
the Antarctic region. Led by Adrien de Gerlache de Gomery aboard the RV Belgica, it was the first Belgian Antarctic expedition and is considered the first...
Chironomidae. The group includes the wingless Belgicaantarctica, the largest terrestrial animal of Antarctica. Their larvae produce silk, and Chironomus...
winter in Antarctica. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 2013. Exaggerated color image with Carleton and Belgica Rupes...
S. Y. Belgica en 1897–1898–1899". Rapports Scientifiques. 6: 1:15. Kløver, Geir O., ed. (2010). Antarctic Pioneers. The Voyage of the Belgica 1897-99...
(September 1, 1984). "A dipteran from south of the Antarctic Circle: Belgicaantarctica (Chironomidae) with a description of its larva". Biological Journal...
Treaty System (ATS), regulate international relations with respect to Antarctica, Earth's only continent without a native human population. It was the...
include: the woolly bear, Pyrrharctia isabella; the flightless midge, Belgicaantarctica; the alpine tree weta, Hemideina maori; and the alpine cockroach,...
The Belgica Subglacial Highlands are a group of subglacial highlands to the southeast of Dome Charlie in Wilkes Land, Antarctica, running north–south and...
highlighted in BBC's sequel to Planet Earth, called Frozen Planet. Belgicaantarctica von Homeyer, Alexander (1874). "Lepidopteren". Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse...
Gerlache. In 1898, they became the first men to spend winter on Antarctica, when their ship Belgica became trapped in the ice. They became stuck on 28 February...
Maud Land and is now a cartographic name sometimes given to an area of Antarctica between 20°E and 10°W in Queen Maud Land.[citation needed] New Swabia...
Multiple governments have set up permanent research stations in Antarctica and these bases are widely distributed. Unlike the drifting ice stations set...
New Zealand–claimed Ross Dependency on the shore of McMurdo Sound in Antarctica. It is operated by the United States through the United States Antarctic...
Belgica albipes is a species of non-flying lake fly first described by Eugène Séguy in 1965. Belgica albipes is part of the genus Belgica and the family...
2011-05-31. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica. This article incorporates public domain material from "Belgica Glacier". Geographic Names Information...
region around the North Pole. The Antarctic comprises the continent of Antarctica, the Kerguelen Plateau, and other island territories located on the Antarctic...
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