Prodiamesa Midge Larva Pictures

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

» Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

» Class Insecta (Insects)

» Order Diptera (True Flies)

» Family Chironomidae (Midges)

» Genus Prodiamesa

Another head capsule of a chironomid showing the detail of the mouthparts.

This midge was collected from Rock Creek on December 3rd, 2005 and added to Troutnut.com on June 26th, 2011.

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Prodiamesa Midge Larva from Rock Creek in Montana

Recent Discussions of this Larva

fossil mandibulate capsule-like structures 1 Reply »

Posted by Sachaman on Aug 21, 2014

Last reply on Aug 22, 2014 by Crepuscular

Hi, I'm trying to id a fossil but since my area of expertise is not about insects I'd to know if somebody can orient in my search for the affinity of the following two mandibulate capsule-like structures. I looked at several images of similar structures and I decided that they could be chironomid head capsules, but... I don't know how to upload the images. can somebody let me know, please?

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