Cryptochironomus defectus (Kieffer, 1925)
(a non-biting midge)

Cryptochironomus defectus (a non-biting midge) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Cryptochironomus defectus (a non-biting midge) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCryptochironomus defectus (a non-biting midge)
GenusCryptochironomus (a genus of non-biting midges)
FamilyCHIRONOMIDAE (non-biting midges)
SuperfamilyCHIRONOMOIDEA (biting, non-biting & trickle midges, blackflies)
InfraorderCulicomorpha (mosquitoes, gnats, midges & blackflies)
SuborderNEMATOCERA (thread-horned flies, gnat)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Cryptochironomus defectus (a non-biting midge)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Langton, P.H. & Ruse, L.P. 2005 Cryptochironomus defectus (Keiffer, 1913) and Paratanytarsus dimorphis Reiss, 1965 new to Britain Dipterists Digest (2nd Series) Vol. 12 No. 1: 74.

Cryptochironomus defectus (a non-biting midge) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Cryptochironomus defectus (a non-biting midge):

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