🪲Belgica antarctica
Belgica antarctica ist eine in der Antarktis lebende flügellose Zuckmückenart (Chironomidae). Bei einer Länge von 2–6 mm stellt sie das größte dauerhaft auf diesem Kontinent lebende Landtier dar. Entdeckt wurde Belgica antarctica während der Belgica-Expedition, die im Jahr 1898 Teile der Antarktis erkundete. Auch die später bekannt gewordenen Antarktisreisenden Frederick Cook und Roald Amundsen waren Mitglieder dieser Expedition.
Text: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The IUCN Red List has not assessed Belgica antarctica yet.
- Body mass
- not recorded
- Body length
- not recorded
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- not recorded
Everything we know about the Belgica antarctica
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
No measurements for Belgica antarctica yet.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumArthropoda
- ›classInsecta
- ›orderDiptera
- ›familyChironomidae
- ›genusBelgica
- ›speciesBelgica antarctica
- classInsects · Insecta
- orderFlies · Diptera
- subfamilyOrthocladiinae
- genusBelgica
All 11 branches ↓Fewer branches ↑
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumArthropoda
- subphylumHexapoda
- classInsects · Insecta
- subclassPterygota
- orderFlies · Diptera
- infraorderCulicomorpha
- superfamilyChironomoidea
- familyChironomidae
- subfamilyOrthocladiinae
- genusBelgica
More about the Belgica antarctica
No videos of the Belgica antarctica yet.
We have 44,653 videos so far, and none of them features this animal yet.
All videos →Compare the Belgica antarctica
Pick a tool — the Belgica antarctica is already selected.
Compare every stat with any other animal.
Stand them on the same floor and see who's bigger.
How speed, brain and bite scale with body size. This animal isn't in the sample yet.
See where it sits in the tree of life.