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Genus Endochironomus

Midge - Endochironomus nigricans Green Midge - Endochironomus - male Endochironomus? - Endochironomus - male Green Midge - Endochironomus - female Green Midge - Endochironomus - female Brown-backed green midge - Endochironomus nigricans Brown-backed midge - Endochironomus nigricans Endochironomous nigricans - Endochironomus nigricans - male
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
No Taxon (Polypedilum Group)
Genus Endochironomus
Numbers
Three named nearctic species, at least two undescribed species. About 20 species worldwide. E. nigricans is the common species.
Identification
Can be distinguished from closely related genera by the beard on the male fore tarsi and lack of hairs on the wing membrane. Tergite 8 of the male is not triangular as in Polypedilum and the palps are not short as in Hyporhygma.
Habitat
"Larvae are associated with aquatic macrophytes; Grodhaus(1) found larvae inside the leaves of Sagittaria and Typha in California."(2)