Subfamily Orthocladiinae

Classification · Identification · Range · Remarks

Bryophaenocladius chrissichuckorum - 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 Orthocladiinae

Identification

Larva can be white, yellow, green, brown, blue, or rarely red. Eyespot is usually single, if double the upper spot is behind the lower. Larvae are hard to separate from Diamesinae.

Range

Worldwide (including Antarctica), more diverse in colder regions.

Remarks

There is no accepted division of Orthocladiinae into tribes.

Identification past subfamily is normally impossible from photos and almost impossible with specimens under a microscope.

Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 21 November, 2005 - 8:04am
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban, Vox Sciurorum
Last updated 8 March, 2014 - 9:19pm

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