Psectrotanypus

Psectrotanypus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Suborder: Nematocera
Infraorder: Culicomorpha
Superfamily: Chironomoidea
Family: Chironomidae
Subfamily: Tanypodinae
Tribe: Macropelopiini
Genus: Psectrotanypus
Kieffer, 1909

Psectrotanypus is a genus of non-biting midges in the subfamily Tanypodinae of the bloodworm family Chironomidae. Psectrotanypus varius (Fabricius, 1787) is known to occur in polluted waters with only few other accompanying species such as Chironomus plumosus.


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