Phaenopsectra

Phaenopsectra
Phaenopsectra flavipes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Chironomidae
Subfamily:	Chironominae
Tribe:	Chironomini
Genus:	Phaenopsectra Kieffer, 1921
Synonyms
Lenzia Kieffer, 1922

Phaenopsectra is a genus of non-biting midges in the bloodworm family Chironomidae.^[1]

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Phaenopsectra:

• Phaenopsectra albiventris (Kieffer, 1922)
• Phaenopsectra connectens (Kieffer & Thienemann, 1908)
• Phaenopsectra dyari (Townes, 1945)
• Phaenopsectra ellipsoidalis (Kieffer, 1911)
• Phaenopsectra flavipes (Meigen, 1818)
• Phaenopsectra gressitti Tokunaga, 1964
• Phaenopsectra incompta (Zetterstedt, 1838)
• Phaenopsectra (Phaenopsectra) kizakiensis (Tokunaga, 1940)
• Phaenopsectra magellanica (Edwards, 1931)
• Phaenopsectra meunieri Seredszus & Wichard, 2007
• Phaenopsectra mortensoni Grodhaus, 1987
• Phaenopsectra obediens (Johannsen, 1905)
• Phaenopsectra pilicellata Grodhaus, 1976
• Phaenopsectra profusa (Townes, 1945)
• Phaenopsectra punctipes (Wiedemann, 1817)
• Phaenopsectra superatum Kieffer, 1922
• Phaenopsectra (Pentapedilum) tamahamurai (Sasa, 1983)
• Phaenopsectra vittata (Townes, 1945)
• BOLD:AAM6287 (Phaenopsectra sp.)
• BOLD:AAN5075 (Phaenopsectra sp.)
• BOLD:AAN8989 (Phaenopsectra sp.)
• BOLD:AAN8990 (Phaenopsectra sp.)
• BOLD:AAU8998 (Phaenopsectra sp.)
• BOLD:ABX4067 (Phaenopsectra sp.)
• BOLD:ACC0467 (Phaenopsectra sp.)
• BOLD:ACI3107 (Phaenopsectra sp.)
• BOLD:ACI3915 (Phaenopsectra sp.)
• BOLD:ACR1613 (Phaenopsectra sp.)
• BOLD:ADL1233 (Phaenopsectra sp.)

References

1. "Phaenopsectra Kieffer, 1921". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2025-09-11.