Order Diptera Infraorder Culicomorpha Scientific name Psectrotanypus Rank Genus | Suborder Nematocera Superfamily Chironomoidea | |
Similar Non‑biting midges, Fly, Macropelopia, Tanypodinae, Insect | ||
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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