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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 » Polypedilum Group » Phaenopsectra

Genus Phaenopsectra

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Habitat · Works Cited
Midge 9154 - Phaenopsectra flavipes - female Midge - Phaenopsectra obediens - male Black and pale midge - Phaenopsectra punctipes - male Phaenopsectra obediens ? - Phaenopsectra obediens - male Phaenopsectra obediens ? - Phaenopsectra obediens - male Phaenopsectra flavipes ? - Phaenopsectra obediens - female midge - Phaenopsectra - female midge - Phaenopsectra obediens - 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 Chironominae
Tribe Chironomini
No Taxon (Polypedilum Group)
Genus Phaenopsectra
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Treated as part of Tanytarsus (Tanytarsus) by Townes (1945). The type species of the genus was not finally fixed until later.
Identification
One of three genera of Chironomini with hairy wings. The others are Sergentia (black, large, male with tarsal beard) and Polypedilum (Pentapedilum) (male with tergite 8 triangular).
Other characters are flagellum with 13 segments in male and 5 in female, middle tibia with not more than one spur.
Habitat
"Larvae usually occur in streams; some western US species are resistant to drought and can withstand drying by remaining in silk and silt cocoons."(1)
Works Cited
1.Identification Manual for the Larval Chironomidae (Diptera) of North and South Carolina
Contributed by John F. Carr on 5 March, 2010 - 8:34pm
Last updated 2 September, 2013 - 6:47pm

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