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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Mosquitoes and Midges (Culicomorpha) » Non-biting Midges (Chironomidae) » Tanypodinae » Pentaneurini » Ablabesmyia » subgenus Ablabesmyia (Ablabesmyia subgenus Ablabesmyia)
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little spotted midge - Ablabesmyia
Copyright © 2008 ophis

little spotted midge - Ablabesmyia
Riverhead, Suffolk County, New York, USA
September 27, 2008

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Contributed by ophis on 10 October, 2008 - 10:32am
Last updated 24 November, 2008 - 8:40pm

Moved
Moved from subgenus Karelia.
… tom murray, 24 November, 2008 - 8:40pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ablabesmyia.
… tom murray, 24 November, 2008 - 7:03pm login or register to post comments

Ablabesmyia (Ablabesmyia)
This belongs to subgenus Ablabesmyia. The spot in the M cell (between M and Cu veins) is closer to the wingtip than the dark spot at the edge of the wing.
… John F. Carr, 24 November, 2008 - 6:14pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera).
… tom murray, 9 November, 2008 - 6:03pm login or register to post comments

Groovy?
Marshall(1) says a longitudinal groove in the postnotum is found in most Chironomidae and is not found in similar families.

I think yours has a groove and is therefore Chironomidae, but the groove is faint.

Do you have a better picture of the crossvein and branching of the R vein on the outer edge of the wing?
… John F. Carr, 28 October, 2008 - 6:49pm login or register to post comments

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