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Sphaeromias longipennis (Loew) - Sphaeromias longipennis - female
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Sphaeromias longipennis (Loew) - Sphaeromias longipennis - Female
West Farm, 3 mi NNE Turtle Lake. 45.44051, -92.11869, Barron County, Wisconsin, USA
July 11, 2015
Ceratopogoninae, probably Sphaeromias longipennis
Det. John F. Carr, 2015

coll'ed at lights

BugGuide Gathering_2015
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 1 August, 2015 - 1:20pm
Last updated 14 June, 2016 - 8:28am

Female
I marked this female. This is not one of the few genera of Ceratopogonidae where males have long claws.
… John F. Carr, 14 June, 2016 - 8:30am

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