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Genus Micropsectra

Microspectra sp. male, (Chironomidae) genitalia removed - Micropsectra - 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 Tanytarsini
Genus Micropsectra
Identification
Distinguished from other Tanytarsini by the combination of R5 long, combs of mid and hind tibiae broad (most of circumference of tibia), contiguous, without spines.
See Also
Tanytarsus has the hind tibial combs separate with spines