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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) » Chironominae » Chironomini » Stenochironomus

Genus Stenochironomus

Classification · Numbers · Identification · Food · Internet References · Works Cited
Green midge with patterned wings - Stenochironomus hilaris - female midge - Stenochironomus poecilopterus ChironomidaeX - Stenochironomus fly - Stenochironomus Midge - Stenochironomus - female Stenochironomus hilaris? - Stenochironomus hilaris - female bluish green midge - Stenochironomus hilaris - female bluish green midge - Stenochironomus hilaris - 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 Chironominae
Tribe Chironomini
Genus Stenochironomus
Numbers
17 species in our area, ~92 worldwide(1)
Identification
Usually green with irregular black spots near tip of abdomen; wings often banded. Front legs usually held pointing sideways or slightly backwards.

Key in (1)
Food
Larvae of species in the guide mine submerged dead wood; larvae of some other species (subgenus Petalopholeus) mine submerged leaves(1)
Internet References
Key to Michigan species
Works Cited
1.The systematics and phylogeny of the Stenochironomus complex (Xestochironomus, Harrisius, and Stenochironomus)
Borkent. 1984. Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada.
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 14 December, 2008 - 7:37pm
Additional contributions by Vox Sciurorum, zdanko
Last updated 26 March, 2024 - 5:37pm

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