Species Chironomus atrella

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · See Also

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 Chironominae

Tribe Chironomini

No Taxon (Chironomus group)

Genus Chironomus

No Taxon (subgenus Chironomus)

Species atrella (Chironomus atrella)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Tendipes atrella Townes 1945

See Also

C. tuxis is very similar but has a larger leg ratio (ratio of length of front basitarsus to front tibia) and other more subtle differences; C. atrella usually has a front tarsal beard while C. tuxis never does. Photos here may be of C. quinnitukut Martin et al. 2010, an inhabitant of tidal mudflats once misidentified as C. atrella but in fact more closely related to C. decorus.

Contributed by John F. Carr on 11 April, 2009 - 6:11pm
Last updated 7 November, 2012 - 6:02pm

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