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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 » Polypedilum Group » Hyporhygma » Hyporhygma quadripunctatum

Species Hyporhygma quadripunctatum

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Habitat · Print References · Works Cited
Midge - Hyporhygma quadripunctatum - female Wasp or Fly? - Hyporhygma quadripunctatum - female 5011793 - Hyporhygma quadripunctatum - female 5011793 - Hyporhygma quadripunctatum - female 5011793 - Hyporhygma quadripunctatum - female Midge - Hyporhygma quadripunctatum - male Chironomidae, thorax, lateral - Hyporhygma quadripunctatum - 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 Hyporhygma
Species quadripunctatum (Hyporhygma quadripunctatum)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Chironomus quadripunctatus Malloch 1915
Tanytarsus (Tribelos) quadripunctatus, Townes 1945(1) (note that Townes' Tanytarsus is the modern Phaenopsectra)
Hyporhygma quadripunctatus, Reiss 1982
Explanation of Names
Quadripunctatus means four-spotted. Abdominal tergites 2-6 have a roughly square pattern of four shiny dots near the back edge.
Habitat
Larvae mine in stems of lily pads
Print References
F. F. Carpenter, "Chironomus quadripunctatus Malloch (Diptera: Chironomidae)", Entomological News 39:186-189 (1928) (description of larva and habitat)
Works Cited
1.The Nearctic Species of Tendipedini
Henry K. Townes. 1945. University of Notre Dame.
Contributed by John F. Carr on 24 November, 2010 - 7:08pm

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