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

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Cryptochironomus defectus (a non-biting midge)
Genus	Cryptochironomus (a genus of non-biting midges)
Family	CHIRONOMIDAE (non-biting midges)
Superfamily	CHIRONOMOIDEA (biting, non-biting & trickle midges, blackflies)
Infraorder	Culicomorpha (mosquitoes, gnats, midges & blackflies)
Suborder	NEMATOCERA (thread-horned flies, gnat)
Order	DIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division	Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Cryptochironomus defectus is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	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:

CHIRONOMIDAE
(non-biting midges)

NEMATOCERA
(thread-horned flies, gnat)

DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Cryptochironomus defectus (a non-biting midge)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Cryptochironomus defectus (a non-biting midge)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Cryptochironomus defectus is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)