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 very polluted waters with only few other accompanying species such as Chironomus plumosus.
Species
These 15 species belong to the genus Psectrotanypus:
- Psectrotanypus aclines <small>Sublette, 1964</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g</sup></span>
- Psectrotanypus alaskensis <small>(Malloch, 1919)</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g</sup></span>
- Psectrotanypus brevicornis <small>Kieffer, 1923</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> c g</sup></span>
- Psectrotanypus discolor <small>Coquillett</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g</sup></span>
- Psectrotanypus dyari <small>(Coquillett, 1902)</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g b</sup></span>
- Psectrotanypus johnsoni <small>(Coquillett)</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i</sup></span>
- Psectrotanypus lateralis <small>Cheng & Wang, 2006</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> c g</sup></span>
- Psectrotanypus orientalis <small>Fittkau</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
- Psectrotanypus pictipennis <small>(Zetterstedt, 1838)</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c</sup></span>
- Psectrotanypus schwetzi <small>(Freeman, 1955)</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> c g</sup></span>
- Psectrotanypus sibiricus <small>Kruglova & Chernovskij, 1940</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> c g</sup></span>
- Psectrotanypus strigilifer <small>(Kieffer, 1921)</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> c g</sup></span>
- Psectrotanypus varius <small>(Fabricius, 1787)</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
- Psectrotanypus venustus <small>(Coquillett)</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i</sup></span>
- Psectrotanypus virdescens <small>(Goetghebuer, 1922)</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> c g</sup></span>
<small>Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net</small>
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