Family Phantom Midges (Chaoboridae)
Chaoboridae is a family in the order Diptera. Browse 21 named species recorded in this family, or open an individual profile for its available identification and natural-history information.
Species in Chaoboridae (21)
Chaoborus albatus
Chaoborus albatus
Identification: A small species with spotted wings and legs unmarked except for faint brownish bands at joints. Original description (Johnson 1921): Male - Head white; around the base of the antennae, the tips of the palpi and proboscis brown; the pl
Chaoborus astictopus
Chaoborus astictopus
Sæther (1970) wrote " Chaoborus punctipennis is very similar to C. astictopus in all stages and it may well be that C. astictopus is merely a subspecies or even a form."
Chaoborus cooki
Chaoborus cooki
Identification: Wings spotted. Wing fringe narrow. Large, relatively dark species. Normally found in small, fishless ponds or temporary water bodies.
Chaoborus flavicans
Chaoborus flavicans
Not easily distinguished from Chaoborus albipes (Johannsen, 1903). Flavicans is usually found in lakes and albipes in shallow, fishless ponds.
Chaoborus maculipes
Chaoborus maculipes
"This species resembles C. punctipennis (Say) in wing pattern and spotting of legs although the spots are few and smaller; it resembles C. albatus Johnson in lacking dark spots between the scutal stripes, but albatus also lacks the leg spots and usua
Chaoborus punctipennis
Chaoborus punctipennis
This is the common eastern species. It is distinguished from similar eastern species by having spots on wings, legs, and between stripes on top of thorax. Other Sayomyia lack leg spots, thorax spots, or have a band instead of spots on the wings.
Chaoborus trivittatus
Chaoborus trivittatus
"Individuals overwinter as fourth instar larvae and are mostly restricted to permanent lentic habitats ranging from small shaded ponds to large deep lakes in woodland. Although some larvae live in temporary waters, they can not successfully overwint
Chaoborus americanus
Chaoborus americanus
Chaoborus crystallinus
Chaoborus crystallinus
Chaoborus edulis
Chaoborus edulis
Chaoborus festivus
Chaoborus festivus
Chaoborus flavidulus
Chaoborus flavidulus
Chaoborus longicercus
Chaoborus longicercus
Chaoborus microstictus
Chaoborus microstictus
Chaoborus ornatipennis
Chaoborus ornatipennis
Chaoborus pallidus
Chaoborus pallidus
Chaoborus punctilliger
Chaoborus punctilliger
Chaoborus vagus
Chaoborus vagus
Eucorethra underwoodi
Eucorethra underwoodi
Mochlonyx cinctipes
Mochlonyx cinctipes
Mochlonyx velutinus
Mochlonyx velutinus