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Scientific Name: Polypedilum sp Kieffer, 1912
English Name: Midge
Photo: GBIF
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Chironomidae
Description:
Coloration: The thorax exhibits a brown coloration with darker vittae, extending to the postnotum, preepisternum, and much of the anepisternum. The legs are pale with darker rings, and the base and apex of ta1, as well as the apex of ta2– ta4, are brown. Weak dark spots are present on the wings, with one anterior and one posterior spot in each cell. The abdomen displays broad bands, darker in the anterior two-thirds.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Inhabit temporary pools in hollows of rocks and become quiescent when the water evaporates.
Environment:
Freshwater, Terrestrial
Comments:
They are semi aquatic. Larvae are hatched in water. But they fly away when they got matured.
Main References:
Ali S, Chakraborty T (1992) BANGLADESHER MITHA PANIR AMERUDANDI PRANI (A book on Freshwater Invertebrates of Bangladesh). Bangla Academy, Dhaka, Bangladesh, ISBN: 984-07-4051-2
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