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Species Glyptotendipes barbipes

Midge -? - Glyptotendipes barbipes - female

Chironomus - Glyptotendipes barbipes - 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 (Chironomus group)

Genus Glyptotendipes

Species barbipes (Glyptotendipes barbipes)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Chironomus barbipes Staeger, 1839

Glyptotendipes barbipes

Identification

Second segment of fore tarsus shorter than third (male) or equal (female). Fore tarsus of male with long, dense beard.

Range

Holarctic

Habitat

"A species of extremely nutrient rich water bodies, such as sewage lagoons"(1)

Works Cited

1.	Identification Manual for the Larval Chironomidae (Diptera) of North and South Carolina

Contributed by John F. Carr on 5 November, 2011 - 7:01pm

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