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Chaoborus


Chaoborus astictopus
Chaoborus trivittatus

Chaoborus Lichtenstein, 42 spp.

     The genus Chaoborus includes 42 extant species and is distinguished by a number of larval, pupal, and adult characters.
Species list
Chaoborus albatus Johnson
C. americanus (Johannsen)
C. annandalei Edwards
C. antillum Knab
C. asiaticus (Giles)
C. astictopus Dyar and Shannon
C. australis Shannon and Del Ponte
C. boliviensis (Lane and Heredia)
C. braziliensis (Theobald)
C. brevisector Edwards
C. ceratopogones (Theobald)
C. cooki Saether
C. cornfordi (Theobald)
C. crystallinus (De Geer)
C. edulis Edwards
C. elnorae Shannon and Del Ponte
C. festivus Dyar and Shannon
C. flavicans (Meigen)
C. flavidulus Edwards
C. freemani Verbeke
C. fryeri Edwards
C. fuscinervis Edwards
C. indicus (Giles)
C. longicercus Colless
C. maculipes Stone
C. magnificus Lane
C. manilensis (Schiner)
C. microstictus Edwards
C. myblaei (Zetterstedt)
C. obscuripes (Van der Wulp)
C. ornatipennis Colless
C. pallidipes (Theobald)
C. pallidus (Fabricius)
C. punctilliger Colless
C. punctipennis (Say)
C. queenslandensis (Theobald)
C. souzai Lane
C. stonei Lane
C. trivittatus (Loew)
C. unicolor Lane
C. vagus Colless