''Platysmittia'' is a
genus of
midge
A midge is any small fly, including species in several families of non-mosquito Nematoceran Diptera. Midges are found (seasonally or otherwise) on practically every land area outside permanently arid deserts and the frigid zones. Some mid ...
s in the non-biting midge
family (
Chironomidae).
Only two species are known. ''
P. fimbriata'' is recorded from Tennessee and North Carolina. ''
P. bilyji'' is known from Pennsylvania and Maryland,
Larvae of the two species can be told apart by the longer 4th antennal segment in ''P. bilyji''.
Species
*''
P. bilyji''
Saether, 1985
*''
P. fimbriata''
Saether, 1982
References
Chironomidae
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