Chaoborus crystallinus (De Geer, 1776)
(a phantom midge)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Chaoborus crystallinus (a phantom midge)
Genus	Chaoborus (phantom midges)
Family	CHAOBORIDAE (phantom midges)
Superfamily	CULICOIDEA (mosquitoes, gnats, meniscus & phantom midges)
Infraorder	Culicomorpha (mosquitoes, gnats, midges & blackflies)
Suborder	NEMATOCERA (thread-horned flies, gnat)
Order	DIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division	Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Chaoborus crystallinus is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

Records of Chaoborus crystallinus (a phantom midge) :
1: Chaoborus crystallinus (a phantom midge)
14 Mar 2004	OSGR: SU36	51° 20’ N, 1° 30’ W	Vice County: Berks (VC 22)	England
in pond . Photos: Larva, pupa, imago

Chaoborus crystallinus (a phantom midge) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NEMATOCERA
(thread-horned flies, gnat)

DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Chaoborus crystallinus (a phantom midge)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Chaoborus crystallinus (a phantom midge)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

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