Species Coelotanypus concinnus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Range · Habitat · Works Cited

UID MIDGE OR NYMPH? - Coelotanypus concinnus - male

Cool Midge - Coelotanypus concinnus - male

Gah Knat ('K' is silent) ? - Coelotanypus concinnus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon ("Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera))

Infraorder Culicomorpha

Family Chironomidae (Midges)

Subfamily Tanypodinae

Tribe Coelotanypodini

Genus Coelotanypus

Species concinnus (Coelotanypus concinnus)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Tanypus concinnus Coquillett 1895

Range

Eastern North America

Habitat

"Primarily an inhabitant of the bottom of medium to large lakes." (Roback 1974: The Immature Stages of the Genus Coelotanypus In North America)

"C. concinnus can be found in, but is not necessarily limited to, extremely eutrophic water bodies."(1)

Works Cited

1.	Identification Manual for the Larval Chironomidae (Diptera) of North and South Carolina

Contributed by John F. Carr on 30 January, 2009 - 1:29pm
Last updated 13 November, 2009 - 8:51pm

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