Telmatogeton japonicus Tokunaga, 1933
(Marine Splash Midge)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesTelmatogeton japonicus (Marine Splash Midge)
GenusTelmatogeton (a genus of flies)
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)
Records of Telmatogeton japonicus (Marine Splash Midge) :
1: Telmatogeton japonicus (Marine Splash Midge)
23 Apr 2008 OSGR: SZ08 50° 40’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
mating aggregations on green seaweed-covered wooden groynes
Image 1: At rest on seaweed - dorsal view - enlargedImage 2: Just emerged - enlargedImage 3: Just emerged - enlarged (2)Image 4: Just emerged - enlarged (3)Image 5: Mating aggregation - enlargedImage 6: Mating aggregation - enlarged (2)Image 7: Mating aggregation - enlarged (3)Image 8: Mating aggregation - enlarged (4)Image 9: Mating aggregation - enlarged (5)Image 10: Mating aggregation - enlarged (6)Image 11: Mating aggregation - enlarged (7)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource

Puparium

Raunio, J., Paasivirta, L. & Brodin, Y. 2009 Marine midge Telmatogeton japonicus Tokunaga (Diptera: Chironomidae) exploiting brackish water in Finland Aquatic Invasions Vol 4 (2): 405-408.

Telmatogeton japonicus (Marine Splash Midge) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Telmatogeton japonicus (Marine Splash Midge)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Telmatogeton japonicus (Marine Splash Midge)
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