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Chironomus atroviridis
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Copyright © 2005
tom murray
Midge -
Chironomus atroviridis
Harvard, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
June 11, 2005
Size: 5mm
Looks like a fungus gnat.
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Contributed by
tom murray
on 14 June, 2005 - 10:49pm
Last updated 22 December, 2008 - 8:19am
John,
Do all the moves look right?
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tom murray
, 22 December, 2008 - 8:19am
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Looks good
Could you add new genus
Dicrotendipes
Kieffer 1913 for this one:
I IDed it as
Chironomus (Limnochironomus)
based on Townes; the species within have been moved to a different genus since his review. John Epler reviewed
Dicrotendipes
in 1987.
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John F. Carr
, 22 December, 2008 - 8:55am
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Chironomus moves
Townes defined subgenus Chaetolabis containing
Chironomus atroviridis
and
C. ochreatus
(new species). The difference is slight:
C. atroviridis
is a bit larger, has most of the fore basitarsus brown instead of black, and usually has the side stripes on the thorax dark brown.
C. ochreatus
has the fore basitarsus entirely black and never has dark side stripes.
Authors since then have suppressed subgenus Chaetolabis, promoted it to a full genus, or synonymized the two species within.
If we follow Townes and nearctica (separate species):
C. atroviridis
:
This one
C. ochreatus
:
If you prefer to synonomize them the first name has priority.
Also, these are
Chironomus decorus
, except that "decorus" has been reinterpreted as a species group separable only by chromosome banding.
So they can go in species
C. decorus
, no taxon "
C. decorus
group", or subgenus
Chironomus
.
If you make the subgenus page, this one goes there too:
.
I think it is another
decorus
but I'm less sure.
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John F. Carr
, 21 December, 2008 - 5:37pm
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Moved
I'll move it to genus for now, and wait for species confirmation. Thanks John!
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tom murray
, 20 December, 2008 - 7:57pm
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Probably Chironomus ochreatus
I think this is
Chironomus ochreatus
(Townes). I need to do some more checking to make sure there isn't another midge that looks like this.
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John F. Carr
, 20 December, 2008 - 7:51pm
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Moved
Moved from
Midges
.
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tom murray
, 22 November, 2008 - 11:39am
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Probably Chironominae
Front legs are long. Wing veins aren't clear, but what's visible does not exclude Chironominae.
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John F. Carr
, 22 November, 2008 - 9:25am
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Midge
This one is a midge in the family Chironomidae - Chen
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Chen Young
, 26 August, 2005 - 2:03pm
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Midge
Thanks Chen, for letting me know of the correct ID.
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tom murray
, 26 August, 2005 - 6:08pm
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