Protanypus

Genus of flies

Protanypus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Diptera
Suborder:
Nematocera
Infraorder:
Culicomorpha
Superfamily:
Chironomoidea
Family:
Chironomidae
Subfamily:
Diamesinae
Tribe:
Diamesini
Genus:
Protanypus

Kieffer, 1906
Species

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Protanypus is a genus of non-biting midges in the subfamily Diamesinae of the bloodworm family Chironomidae.[1]

Species

The genus includes the following species:

  • P. caudatus Edwards, 1924
  • P. forcipatus (Egger, 1863)
  • P. hamiltoni Saether, 1975
  • P. morio (Zetterstedt, 1838)
  • P. pseudomorio Makarchenko, 1982
  • P. ramosus Saether, 1975
  • P. saetheri Wiederhol, 1975
This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (February 2011)

References

Wikispecies has information related to Protanypus.
  1. ^ Sæther, Ole A. (1975-03-01). "Two New Species of Protanypus Kieffer, with Keys to Nearctic and Palaearctic Species of the Genus (Diptera: Chironomidae)". Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada. 32 (3): 367–388. doi:10.1139/f75-044. ISSN 0015-296X.
Taxon identifiers
Protanypus


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