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[[File:Antarctic-midgee.jpg|350px|thumb|Two Antarctic midges mating tail to tail]] | [[File:Antarctic-midgee.jpg|350px|thumb|Two Antarctic midges mating tail to tail]] | ||
'''''Belgica antarctica''''', the '''Antarctic midge''', is a species of flightless midge, endemic to the continent of [[Antarctica]]. At 0.079–0.24 in long, it is the largest purely terrestrial animal on the continent, as well as its only insect. It also has the smallest known insect genome as of 2014, with only 99 million base pairs of nucleotides (and about 13,500 genes). | '''''Belgica antarctica''''', the '''Antarctic midge''', is a species of flightless midge, endemic to the continent of [[Antarctica]]. At 0.079–0.24 in long, it is the largest purely terrestrial animal on the continent, as well as its only insect. It also has the smallest known insect genome as of 2014, with only 99 million base pairs of nucleotides (and about 13,500 genes). | ||
This species is the [[National Symbols of Westarctica|national insect]] of [[Westarctica]]. | |||
==Tolerance to extreme cold== | ==Tolerance to extreme cold== | ||