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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Mountain Midges (Deuterophlebiidae) » Deuterophlebia » Deuterophlebia shasta

Species Deuterophlebia shasta

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Range · Print 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))
Family Deuterophlebiidae (Mountain Midges)
Genus Deuterophlebia
Species shasta (Deuterophlebia shasta)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Deuterophlebia shasta Wirth, 1951
Identification
Mesothorax of pupa with long spine arising from conical base above respiratory organ. Other American species (or most other American species) have no spine or a short spine.
Range
Mountains of northern California
Print References
Wirth, W. W. (1951). A new mountain midge from California (Diptera:Deuterophlebiidae). Pan-Pacific Entomologist 27:49-57. (Full Text)
Contributed by John F. Carr on 8 March, 2013 - 7:44pm
Additional contributions by Aaron Schusteff
Last updated 6 September, 2022 - 7:59pm

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