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Genus Xylotopus

Xylotopus par - female Midge - Xylotopus par - male midge - Xylotopus par - male Tipula Perhaps - Xylotopus par - female Tipula Perhaps - Xylotopus par - female Xylotopus par midge--Chironomus crassicaudatus? - Xylotopus par - male Orange midge - Xylotopus par
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 Orthocladiinae
No Taxon (Primitive Orthocladiinae)
Genus Xylotopus
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
The sole North American species was earlier in Brillia.
Explanation of Names
Xylo is from the Greek for wood.
Numbers
One species in North America, X. par
Food
Larvae are wood miners
See Also
Brillia
Contributed by John F. Carr on 21 August, 2009 - 7:55pm

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