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Genus Rheotanytarsus

Funnel building midge larvae - Rheotanytarsus

Small insect inside structure attached to dragonfly nymph - Rheotanytarsus

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 Rheotanytarsus

Explanation of Names

Rheotanytarsus Thienemann & Bause 1913

Numbers

3 spp. in our area(1), 37 spp. total(2)

Range

holarctic

Works Cited

1.	Manual of Nearctic Diptera Volume 1 Varies for each chapter; edited by J.F. McAlpine, B.V. Petersen, G.E. Shewell, H.J. Teskey, J.R. Vockeroth, D.M. Wood. 1981. Research Branch Agriculture Canada.

2.	BioLib.cz

Contributed by Brady Richards on 5 March, 2016 - 12:07am
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 3 June, 2023 - 8:35pm

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