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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) » Chironominae » Chironomini » Chironomus group » Demeijerea

Genus Demeijerea

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Food · Works Cited
Midge - Demeijerea brachialis - female Midge - Demeijerea brachialis - female Midge IMG_9719 - Demeijerea atrimanus - female black-legged midge - Demeijerea atrimanus - female Insect 3 - Demeijerea atrimanus midge ? - Demeijerea atrimanus - male Neat Fly - Demeijerea brachialis - female Chironomidae - Demeijerea atrimanus
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 Demeijerea
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Formerly considered subgenus of Glyptotendipes
Identification
Reddish brown legs, shining black or blackish brown thorax, brown cloud in center of wing
Food
Larvae are miners of sponges and aquatic plants.
"Larvae are not often encountered because they mine in freshwater sponges, bryozoans and plants such as Bur-reed, Sparganium americanum (Nuttall), habitats not usually collected by benthologists."(1)
Works Cited
1.Identification Manual for the Larval Chironomidae (Diptera) of North and South Carolina
Contributed by John F. Carr on 29 July, 2009 - 3:08pm
Last updated 5 December, 2009 - 4:19pm

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