swarms of winged midges. Genome As of 2014, B. antarctica has the smallest insect genome known, at 99 Mbp and 13 500 genes. Although the total amount of coding DNA is similar to that of other Diptera (19 Mbp), its fraction is much higher due to the extreme reduction in some types of non-coding DNA. Intron size has been reduced, while transposable elements are almost absent. See also Gynaephora groenlandica, a species of Arctic moth whose larvae can survive temperatures below –60 °C Belgian Antarctic Expedition References Further reading External links Other bugs that live in Antarctica Archived Fauna of Antarctica Insects described in 1900 A Insects of Antarctica Wingless Diptera Taxa named by Jean-Charles Jacobs