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Genus Alotanypus

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tanypodinine midge - Alotanypus venustus - 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 Macropelopiini

Genus Alotanypus

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Alotanypus Roback 1971(1)

Numbers

Two species in North America

Habitat

Larvae of the Eastern species, A. aris, "have been found in acid water (pH 3.9-4.0) in springs, seeps and bogs."(2)

Works Cited

1.	Adults of the Subfamily Tanypodinae in North America Selwyn S. Roback. 1971. Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.

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

Contributed by John F. Carr on 28 January, 2009 - 8:03pm
Last updated 13 November, 2009 - 8:31pm

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