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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Mosquitoes and Midges (Culicomorpha) » Non-biting Midges (Chironomidae) » Tanypodinae » Macropelopiini » Psectrotanypus

Genus Psectrotanypus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Habitat · Remarks · Works Cited
Spotty Midge - Psectrotanypus dyari - male Spotty Midge - Psectrotanypus dyari - male midge - Psectrotanypus dyari - male Midge - Psectrotanypus dyari - male Midge May 25 - Psectrotanypus dyari - female tanypodine midge - Psectrotanypus dyari - female unknown midge - Psectrotanypus dyari - female midge at blacklight - Psectrotanypus dyari - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera))
Infraorder Culicomorpha (Mosquitoes and Midges)
Family Chironomidae (Non-biting Midges)
Subfamily Tanypodinae
Tribe Macropelopiini
Genus Psectrotanypus
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Psectrotanypus Kieffer 1909
Numbers
Three species in North America
Habitat
"Larvae are found in bogs, ponds, springs, streams and small rivers."(1)
Remarks
Psectrotanypus dyari is by far the most common and widespread species.
Works Cited
1.Identification Manual for the Larval Chironomidae (Diptera) of North and South Carolina
Contributed by tom murray on 5 December, 2008 - 6:13pm
Additional contributions by Vox Sciurorum
Last updated 13 November, 2009 - 9:15pm

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