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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Psychodomorpha » Net-winged Midges (Blephariceridae) » Agathon » Agathon comstocki
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Blephariceridae from underside of splash-zone boulder - Agathon comstocki
Copyright © 2017 Aaron Schusteff

Blephariceridae from underside of splash-zone boulder - Agathon comstocki
At ~7800' elevation along Rock Creek, south of Tom's Place, Mono County, California, USA
August 6, 2017
Distinctive venation...the other two species of Agathon (disregarding those formerly in Dioptopsis) have R2+3 so very short that it joins with R1 significantly proximal to the point where R4 forks from R5 (e.g. see labelled figure here).

Companion post below was taken at same time and place, but a different individual:

 
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Contributed by Aaron Schusteff on 20 August, 2017 - 3:31am
Last updated 20 August, 2017 - 1:12pm

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