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Common Name:
Midge

Kingdom: Hexapoda
Phylum: Insecta
Subphylum: Diptera
Class: Nematocera
Subclass: Culicomorpha
Order: Tanypodinae
Suborder: Chironomidae
Infraorder: Tanypodinae?
Superfamily:
Family: Pterygota
Subfamily: Size: ~3mm
Tribe:
Species:


Hodges No: Arthropoda

Location:
Mo Chu River, Jigme Dorji National Park
, Thimphu District
Bhutan

Date: 3/19/10

Stage:
Sex: Animalia
Notes:

  Pterygota
Midge
Identifications represent best guesses on my part and are not intended to be authoritative.
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