Platysmittia

Platysmittia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Chironomidae
Subfamily:	Orthocladiinae
Genus:	Platysmittia; Saether, 1982
Type species
	P. fimbriata; Saether, 1982
Species
	See text

Platysmittia is a genus of midges in the non-biting midge family (Chironomidae).

Only two species are known. P. fimbriata is recorded from Tennessee and North Carolina. P. bilyji is known from Pennsylvania and Maryland,[1]

Larvae of the two species can be told apart by the longer 4th antennal segment in P. bilyji.[1]

Species

P. bilyji Saether, 1985[1]
P. fimbriata Saether, 1982[1]

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References

Epler, John H. (2001). "Identification Manual for the Larval Chironomidae (Diptera) of North and South Carolina" (PDF). Environmental Sciences Section. Raleigh, NC, USA: NC Division of Water Quality. 7: 1–164. Archived from the original (Pdf) on 2009-03-21.

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[Epler-1] Epler, John H. (2001). "Identification Manual for the Larval Chironomidae (Diptera) of North and South Carolina" (PDF). Environmental Sciences Section. Raleigh, NC, USA: NC Division of Water Quality. 7: 1–164. Archived from the original (Pdf) on 2009-03-21.