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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Culicomorpha » Midges (Chironomidae) » Tanypodinae » Pentaneurini » Ablabesmyia
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Diptera 05 - Ablabesmyia
Copyright © 2008 Karl Volkman

Diptera 05 - Ablabesmyia
Near Curlew Lake. ~10 miles Northeast of Republic, Ferry County, Washington, USA
June 7, 2008
A small ?midge? attracted to a resin coated pine trunk in the evening
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Contributed by Karl Volkman on 24 June, 2008 - 11:57am
Last updated 19 January, 2009 - 8:12am

Moved
Moved from Tanypodinae.
… John F. Carr, 19 January, 2009 - 8:12am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera).
http://bugguide.net/node/view/241214
… Ron M., 22 November, 2008 - 11:10am login or register to post comments

Cratered midgeoid, greenish variant
There are a few other pictures around here of midges with similar holes in the top of the thorax. Mine is tan instead of green. I suspect they are chironomid midges. Hopefully some day I'll have the references I need to determine that.

If you have a larger picture, useful features are the back of the top of the thorax (postnotum), where the presence of a groove separates chironomidae from similar families(1); wing veins; and tip of abdomen.
… John F. Carr, 2 November, 2008 - 7:44pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flies.
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