Carbochironomus
Genus of non-biting midges
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Carbochironomus is a genus of nonbiting midges in the family Chironomidae, discovered in Germany. It has a single species, Carbochironomus improvisus.
| Carbochironomus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Chironomidae |
| Subfamily: | Chironominae |
| Tribe: | Chironomini |
| Genus: | Carbochironomus Reiss & Kirschbaum, 1990 |
| Species: | C. improvisus |
| Binomial name | |
| Carbochironomus improvisus Reiss & Kirschbaum, 1990 | |
This genus is sometimes considered a member of the tribe Chironomini, and is sometimes unplaced to subfamily.[1][2][3]
