Chaoborus Lichtenstein, 1800
(phantom midges)

Chaoborus (phantom midges) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Chaoborus (phantom midges) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

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references
Chaoborus flavicans
a phantom midge
Species 1 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusChaoborus (phantom midges)
FamilyCHAOBORIDAE (phantom midges)
SuperfamilyCULICOIDEA (mosquitoes, gnats, meniscus & phantom midges)
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 Chaoborus (phantom midges)

Chaoborus (phantom midges) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Hunter, K. & Pyle, G. 2004 Morphological responses of Daphnia pulex to Chaoborus americanus kairomone in the presence and absence of metals Environ Toxicol Chem Vol 23 (5): 1311-1316.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Chaoborus (phantom midges):

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