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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Mosquitoes and Midges (Culicomorpha) » Non-biting Midges (Chironomidae) » Tanypodinae » Procladiini » Procladius

Genus Procladius

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Habitat · Works Cited
Midge - Procladius - female midge - Procladius - female Midge (or mosquito?) - Procladius Dark male midge - Procladius - male Procladius bellus - male midge - Procladius bellus - male Chironomus group? - Procladius - female Newly Emerged Midge - Procladius - 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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