subgenus Holotanypus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification

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

No Taxon subgenus Holotanypus

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Formerly considered subgenus Procladius; that name is now restricted to Australian species.

Identification

The members of Holotanypus are generally brownish, contrasting with the brightly colored P. bellus and the black species which make up the rest of the other nearctic subgenus, Procladius (Psilotanypus). Identification to species is generally not possible from photographs. Even slide mounted this is among the most difficult subgenera of Tanypodinae.

Contributed by John F. Carr on 26 January, 2009 - 7:25pm
Last updated 8 March, 2010 - 8:41pm

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