subgenus Camptochironomus

Classification · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range

Midge murder mystery - Chironomus dilutus - male

Not sure where to start here - Chironomus - male

Captured midge - Chironomus dilutus - female

Asleep at dawn - Chironomus dilutus - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

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

Infraorder Culicomorpha (Mosquitoes and midges)

Family Chironomidae (Midges)

Subfamily Chironominae

Tribe Chironomini

No Taxon (Chironomus group)

Genus Chironomus

No Taxon subgenus Camptochironomus

Numbers

At least three North American species

Size

7-10 mm (large midges)

Identification

Gonostylus large, anal point short, broad, and flanked by lobes. See also the Chironomus dilutus species page.

Range

Holarctic

Contributed by John F. Carr on 12 June, 2010 - 6:03am
Last updated 24 January, 2012 - 4:46pm

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