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Genus Parachironomus

Midge on the table - Parachironomus - male

Another midge on the table - Parachironomus - 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 (Harnischia complex)

Genus Parachironomus

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Parachironomus Lenz, 1921

Many species were formerly placed in Chironomus, Cryptochironomus, or Harnischia.

Explanation of Names

"Near Chironomus"

Identification

Typically with a long, narrow anal point and long, narrow superior volsellae.

Range

Worldwide

Habitat

Larvae aquatic in a variety of water bodies.

Contributed by John F. Carr on 20 October, 2014 - 9:15am

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