Chaoborus flavicans (Meigen, 1830)
(a phantom midge)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesChaoborus flavicans (a phantom midge)
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)
Records of Chaoborus flavicans (a phantom midge) :
1: Chaoborus flavicans (a phantom midge) IDENTIFICATION UNCERTAIN
11 Mar 1978 OSGR: SU73 51° 10’ N, 0° 50’ W Vice County: North Hants (VC 12) England
Phantom midge larva, reared. . Photos: Larva, pupa
Image 1: Phantom larva - enlarged - dark backgroundImage 2: Phantom larva - enlarged - grey backgroundImage 3: Phantom larva - enlarged - pale backgroundImage 4: Phantom larva - head end - highly enlargedImage 5: Phantom larva - head end - highly enlarged (2)Image 6: Phantom larva - head end - highly enlarged (3)Image 7: Phantom larva - head end - highly enlarged (4)Image 8: Phantom larva - head end - highly enlarged (5)Image 9: Phantom larva - tail end - highly enlargedImage 10: Phantom larva - tail end - highly enlarged (2)Image 11: Phantom pupa - lateral view - enlarged - dark backgroundImage 12: Phantom pupa - lateral view - enlarged - pale backgroundImage 13: Phantom pupa - lateral view - enlarged - pale background (2)Image 14: Phantom pupa - lateral view - enlarged - pale background (3)Image 15: Phantom pupa - lateral view - enlarged - pale background (4)Image 16: Phantom pupa - ventrolateral view - enlarged - pale background

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

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