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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) » Orthocladiinae » Psectrocladius

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Copyright © 2012 Jim Moore

Midnight Midge - Psectrocladius -

In Westwood by outdoor night light; elevation 5100ft, Lassen County, California, USA
August 13, 2011
Size: Body length 5mm

My thanks for any further ID placement.

Species ID Update:

Chironomidae; Orthocladiinae; Psectrocladius; Psectrocladius platypus.

ID for this specimen to species Psectrocladius platypus was provided by BOLD Systems via DNA. DNA for this specimen is a solid 100% to 98.91% match with several specimens of this species, both larva and adults, at BOLD.

See here for Psectrocladius platypus species page at BOLD Systems:
And here for BOLD's P. platypus Public Data Portal - BIN Page.
And here for this specimen's DNA Record Page at BOLD Systems.

See also Psectrocladius Genus page at http://chirokey.skullisland.info/genus/Psectrocladius/ for detailed description of larva, and some Ecological Notes.

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Contributed by Jim Moore on 2 March, 2012 - 12:36am
Last updated 13 December, 2015 - 10:27pm

Moved

Moved from Orthocladiinae.

… John F. Carr, 28 August, 2014 - 8:22am

Moved

Moved from Midges.

… John F. Carr, 6 July, 2013 - 8:03pm

Orthocladiinae?

I think Orthocladiinae. The legs are odd, with strong spurs/spines on the tibiae and last segments of tarsi apparently expanded.

… John F. Carr, 2 March, 2012 - 8:23pm

Hi John,

Orthocladiinae confirmed by the folks at BOLD via DNA. Also species provided: Psectrocladius platypus for this midge specimen. Info and links are shown above.

Many thanks!

… Jim Moore, 28 August, 2014 - 1:47am

Probably not platypus

The gonostylus of Psectrocladius platypus is much shorter than the gonocoxite. The gonostylus of spinifer, like this fly, is nearly as long. I will move to genus for now. Most of the species of Psectrocladius have not been barcoded.

… John F. Carr, 28 August, 2014 - 8:22am

Name fits

The name is suitable ("flat foot"). However, spinifer Johannsen was described from California, matches the appearance as far as can be told from these photos, and would be the senior name if they are the same species.

… John F. Carr, 28 August, 2014 - 7:52am

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