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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Mosquitoes and Midges (Culicomorpha) » Phantom Midges (Chaoboridae) » Chaoborus » subgenus Sayomyia (Chaoborus subgenus Sayomyia) » Chaoborus punctipennis

Species Chaoborus punctipennis

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Habitat · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · Internet References
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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 Chaoboridae (Phantom Midges)
Genus Chaoborus
No Taxon (subgenus Sayomyia)
Species punctipennis (Chaoborus punctipennis)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Corethra punctipennis Say, 1823
Sayomyia punctipennis
Explanation of Names
Named after the many spots on wings, thorax, and legs.
Habitat
Various water bodies. Does not coexist with larger Chaoborus species unless fish are present.
Food
Larvae eat rotifers and other zooplankton. Adults do not feed.
Life Cycle
Univoltine in north, bivoltine in south, overwinters as late stage larva.
Remarks
This is the common eastern species. It is distinguished from similar eastern species by having spots on wings, legs, and between stripes on top of thorax. Other Sayomyia lack leg spots, thorax spots, or have a band instead of spots on the wings.
Internet References
University of New Hampshire
Contributed by John F. Carr on 4 May, 2010 - 5:04pm
Last updated 27 April, 2014 - 4:03pm

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