Genus Procladius

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Habitat · Works Cited

Some kind of fly/midge - Procladius - female

Procladius - subgenus Holotanypus ? - Procladius - female

striped midge with red on thorax - Procladius bellus - 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 Tanypodinae

Tribe Procladiini

Genus Procladius

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Procladius Skuse 1889

Identification

Within subfamily Tanypodinae, Procladius can be identified by the combination of (1) the fork in Cu is well after the M-Cu crossvein, (2) the fourth tarsal segments are cylindrical. P. bellus is usually brightly colored. Other species are brown to black.

"Procladius larvae are distinguished by the rotund head capsule; well developed dorsomental tooth plates; mandible with large blunt basal tooth; black/dark brown five toothed ligula; paraligula with numerous small teeth; antennal blade subequal to the flagellum; and body with well developed lateral setal fringe."(1)

Habitat

Prefers mud bottoms and so is more often found in ponds, and bogs, and other slow-moving water bodies.

Works Cited

1.	Identification Manual for the Larval Chironomidae (Diptera) of North and South Carolina

Contributed by Keith Bayless on 28 November, 2008 - 3:58am
Additional contributions by Vox Sciurorum
Last updated 13 November, 2009 - 9:01pm

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