Telmatogeton japonicus Tokunaga, 1933
(Marine Splash Midge)

Telmatogeton japonicus (Marine Splash Midge) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Telmatogeton japonicus (Marine Splash Midge) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

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)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Telmatogeton japonicus (Marine Splash Midge)

Identification Works

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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:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Telmatogeton japonicus (Marine Splash Midge):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 11 images of Telmatogeton japonicus (Marine Splash Midge)
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