Chaoboridae, commonly known as phantom midges or glassworms, is a family of fairly common midges with a cosmopolitan distribution. They are closely related to the Corethrellidae and Chironomidae; the adults are differentiated through peculiarities in wing venation.
Larva of a species of Chaoborus. Note the raptorial antennae
Chaoborus punctipennis
If they eat at all, the adults feed on nectar. The larvae are aquatic and unique in their feeding method: the antennae of phantom midge larvae are modified into grasping organs slightly resembling the raptorial arms of a mantis, with which they capture prey. They feed largely on small insects such as mosquito larvae and crustaceans such as Daphnia. The antennae impale or crush the prey, and then bring it to the larval mouth, or stylet.
The larvae swim and sometimes form large swarms in their lacustrine habitats.
The larvae are nearly transparent, sometimes with a slightly yellow cast; their most opaque features are two air bags, one in the thorax, one in the abdomen about in the second last segment. The adults are delicate flies that closely resemble Chironomidae. Their antennae are 15-segmented and the females' antennae are somewhat bristly; the males' antennae, in contrast, are very plumose. In this respect, too, they resemble many of the Nematocera, and in particular the Chironomidae. The species vary in size from about 2 mm to 10 mm long in their adult stages.
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chaoboridae, commonly, known, phantom, midges, glassworms, family, fairly, common, midges, with, cosmopolitan, distribution, they, closely, related, corethrellidae, chironomidae, adults, differentiated, through, peculiarities, wing, venation, chaoborus, pupa, . Chaoboridae commonly known as phantom midges or glassworms is a family of fairly common midges with a cosmopolitan distribution They are closely related to the Corethrellidae and Chironomidae the adults are differentiated through peculiarities in wing venation Chaoboridae Chaoborus pupa Scientific classification Domain Eukaryota Kingdom Animalia Phylum Arthropoda Class Insecta Order Diptera Superfamily Culicoidea Family ChaoboridaeEdwards 1932 Subfamilies Chaoborinae Eucorethrinae Male of a species in the family Chaoboridae Larva of a species of Chaoborus Note the raptorial antennae Chaoborus punctipennis If they eat at all the adults feed on nectar The larvae are aquatic and unique in their feeding method the antennae of phantom midge larvae are modified into grasping organs slightly resembling the raptorial arms of a mantis with which they capture prey They feed largely on small insects such as mosquito larvae and crustaceans such as Daphnia The antennae impale or crush the prey and then bring it to the larval mouth or stylet The larvae swim and sometimes form large swarms in their lacustrine habitats Contents 1 Description 2 Genera 3 References 4 External linksDescription editThe larvae are nearly transparent sometimes with a slightly yellow cast their most opaque features are two air bags one in the thorax one in the abdomen about in the second last segment The adults are delicate flies that closely resemble Chironomidae Their antennae are 15 segmented and the females antennae are somewhat bristly the males antennae in contrast are very plumose In this respect too they resemble many of the Nematocera and in particular the Chironomidae The species vary in size from about 2 mm to 10 mm long in their adult stages Genera edit nbsp Chaoboridae larvae These 26 genera belong to the family Chaoboridae Astrocorethra Kalugina 1986g Australomochlonyxc g Baisomyia Kalugina 1991g Baleiomyiac g Chachotosha Lukashevich 1996g Chaoborites Kalugina 1985g Chaoborus Lichtenstein 1800i c g b Chaoburmusc g Chironomaptera Ping 1929g Cryophila Edwards 1930i c g Dixamima Rohdendorf 1951g Eucorethra Coquillet 1903i c g b Eucorethrinac g Gedanoborus Szadziewski amp Gilka 2007g Gydarina Kalugina 1991g Helokrenia Kalugina 1985g Hypsocorethra Kalugina 1985g Iyaiyai Evenhuis 1994g Libanoborus Azar Waller amp Nel 2009g Mesocorethrac g Mochlonyx Loew 1844i c g b Palaeomochlonyx Wichard Grohn amp Seredszus 2009g Praechaoborus Kalugina 1985g Promochlonyxc g Sayomyia Coquillett 1903g Taimyborus Lukashevich 1999g Data sources i ITIS 1 c Catalogue of Life 2 g GBIF 3 b Bugguide net 4 References edit Chaoboridae Report Integrated Taxonomic Information System Retrieved 2018 04 09 Browse Chaoboridae Catalogue of Life Archived from the original on 2019 03 31 Retrieved 2018 04 09 Chaoboridae GBIF Retrieved 2018 04 09 Chaoboridae Family Information BugGuide net Retrieved 2018 04 09 External links editImage Gallery from Diptera info Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Chaoboridae amp oldid 1208336434, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
