Apsectrotanypus trifascipennis
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Chironomidae
- Genus: Apsectrotanypus
- Species: Apsectrotanypus trifascipennis
Visual Description
Based on observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset, Apsectrotanypus trifascipennis exhibits the characteristic morphology of a chironomid midge.[1] The adult specimens display slender, elongated bodies typical of the family, with long, delicate legs and prominent, plumose antennae in males. The wings are generally transparent or lightly patterned, and the overall coloration often includes shades of brown or yellow, consistent with other members of the genus.[1]
Ecology and Distribution
Apsectrotanypus trifascipennis is a chironomid species originally described by Zetterstedt in 1838.[2] Research into benthic invertebrate assemblages in Lake De Waay, the Netherlands, has identified this species as a rare component of the living fauna.[3] Interestingly, while it was present in the living larval assemblages, it was not detected in the subfossil remains found in the lake's surface sediments, highlighting potential limitations in using subfossil records alone to characterize the complete benthic biodiversity of such environments.[3]
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References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Chironomidae / Apsectrotanypus / trifascipennis constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Apsectrotanypus trifascipennis (Zetterstedt, 1838). GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1450281. Accessed 2026-07-14.
- 1 2 Maarten van Hardenbroek; Oliver Heiri; M. F. Wilhelm; André F. Lotter. How representative are subfossil assemblages of Chironomidae and common benthic invertebrates for the living fauna of Lake De Waay, the Netherlands?. Aquatic Sciences. 2010. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00027-010-0173-4.