The Phantom Midges (Diptera: Corethrellidae) of South Africa

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CONTENTS

Introduction

Corethrellidae

References

INTRODUCTION

The corethrellid phantom midges of South Africa are currently placed in one genus. They are mosquito-like, but have no scales on the wing surface, and the proboscis is short. The aquatic larvae are predaceous and characteristically shaped, with air bubbles in the thorax and posterior abdomen. The family has recently been split from the Chaoboridae, which are all non-biting flies, while the Corethrelliae bite frogs and possibly other invertebrates.

Information about aquatic flies and their biology can be obtained from

The Diptera Page of The Tree of Life

Family: CORETHRELLIDAE

1. Genus: CORETHRELLA
   1. C. harrisoni Freeman

      Corethrella harrisoni Freeman 1962: 43
      Northern Province (Magoebaskloof).

      
      
   
   

REFERENCES

Freeman, P. 1962.

Notes on Chaoboridae (Diptera: Nematocera), with descriptions of a new genus and of two new species from Australia and Africa. Procedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London (B) 31: 41-43.

Hutson, A.M. 1980.

Family Chaoboridae. pp 112-113 in R.W. Crosskey (ed.), Catalogue of the Diptera of the Afrotropical region. British Museum of Natural History, London.

Verbeke, J. 1958.

Chaoboridae (Diptera Nematocera). Exploration du Parc National Albert. Mission G.F. de Witte 94: 1-57.