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Protanypus

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Protanypus is a genus of non-biting midges in the subfamily Diamesinae. There are about 10 described species in Protanypus, found in Europe, North America, and Asia.

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GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderDiptera
  5. FamilyChironomidae

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Specimen records
13
Family
Chironomidae
Collections
ZMBN
Recorded in
Norway, Canada, United States

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taxon
Parent taxon
Chironomidae
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taxon name
Protanypus
taxon rank
genus
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Protanypus is a genus of non-biting midges in the subfamily Diamesinae. There are about 10 described species in Protanypus, found in Europe, North America, and Asia.

==Species== These 10 species belong to the genus Protanypus: Protanypus caudatus Edwards, 1924 (Europe) Protanypus forcipatus (Egger, 1864) (Europe) Protanypus gracilis Makarchenko, 1982 Protanypus hamiltoni Saether, 1975 Protanypus inateuus Sasa, Kitami & Suzuki, 2001 Protanypus morio (Zetterstedt, 1838) (Europe) Protanypus pseudomorio Makarchenko, 1982 Protanypus ramosus Saether, 1975 Protanypus saetheri Wiederholm, 1975 Protanypus tshereshnevi Makarchenko, 1982

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