Genus Psectrotanypus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Habitat · Remarks · Works Cited

Psectrotanypus dyari female? - Psectrotanypus dyari - female

Apsectrotanypus johnsoni - just to share. Psectrotanypus dyari - Psectrotanypus dyari - male

Hollow-banded midge - Psectrotanypus dyari - female

Brown-banded midge - Psectrotanypus dyari

another small but nicely patterned dipteran - Psectrotanypus dyari - female

Lil Midge Boy - Psectrotanypus dyari - male

Psectrotanypus? - Psectrotanypus dyari - 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 Tanypodinae

Tribe Macropelopiini

Genus Psectrotanypus

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Psectrotanypus Kieffer 1909

Numbers

Three species in North America

Habitat

"Larvae are found in bogs, ponds, springs, streams and small rivers."(1)

Remarks

Psectrotanypus dyari is by far the most common and widespread species.

Works Cited

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

Contributed by tom murray on 5 December, 2008 - 6:13pm
Additional contributions by Vox Sciurorum
Last updated 13 November, 2009 - 9:15pm

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