Genus Tanytarsus - Green Midges

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Habitat · Print References · Works Cited

Green Midge at Lights, Early April Visitor - Tanytarsus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

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

Infraorder Culicomorpha

Family Chironomidae (Midges)

Subfamily Chironominae

Genus Tanytarsus (Green Midges)

Explanation of Names

From the Greek for "stretched ankle" ("stretched tarsus").

Cylindrical; abdomen that tapers to a point. Small head; prothorax typically has some brown markings above. Long, pale brown legs. Also long are the front tarsi. Milky, transparent wings.(1)

Habitat

Woods and meadows not far from water.

Print References

Milne, page 646.(1)

Works Cited

1.	National Audubon Society Field Guide to Insects and Spiders By Lorus and Margery Milne

Contributed by Stephen Cresswell on 8 April, 2006 - 11:53am

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