Kingdom Animalia Order Diptera Subfamily Orthocladiinae Higher classification Orthocladiinae | Phylum Arthropoda Family Chironomidae Scientific name Platysmittia Rank Genus | |
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Platysmittia is a genus of midges in the non-biting midge family (Chironomidae).
Only two species are known. P. fimbriata is recorded from Tennessee and North Carolina. P. bilyji is known from Pennsylvania and Maryland,
Larvae of the two species can be told apart by the longer 4th antennal segment in P. bilyji.
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