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tremulus group

Mosquito or Midge - black and white legs, black body with white abdominal band. - Cricotopus - male

very tiny yellow/black - Cricotopus - female

black midge with white abdominal band - Cricotopus - male

black midge with white abdominal band - Cricotopus - female

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 Orthocladiinae

Genus Cricotopus

No Taxon (subgenus Cricotopus)

No Taxon tremulus group

Habitat

Streams and rivers.

Remarks

Some species, including Cricotopus tremulus, have tergites 1 and 2 yellow, strongly contrasting with remainder of abdomen, and fore tarsomere 2 white. Cricotopus varipes lacks a pale band on fore tarsi. There may be undescribed American species in this group, as in the rest of Cricotopus.

Contributed by John F. Carr on 2 July, 2015 - 7:22pm
Last updated 3 July, 2015 - 9:17am

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