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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 » Macropelopiini » Psectrotanypus » Psectrotanypus dyari
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Midge - Psectrotanypus dyari - female
Copyright © 2009 Sam Houston

Midge - Psectrotanypus dyari - Female
Sand Springs, Osage County, Oklahoma, USA
March 5, 2009
Size: 4mm (5/32")
Please help with ID.
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Contributed by Sam Houston on 6 March, 2009 - 2:24pm
Last updated 14 April, 2009 - 2:02pm

Psectrotanypus dyari
Wing veins and markings are sufficient to ID this species. The rest matches as well as I can see.

There are many Tanypodinae with banded or spotted wings. This species is unique because (1) it has two wide bands, one over the crossveins and one extending to or very close to the wing tip, (2) there are small clear spots in the dark bands. Other species have large clear spots, or the wing tip has a large clear area, or there is a third band, etc.

But I wouldn't be surprised if some day it is redefined as a species complex rather than a single species.
… John F. Carr, 6 March, 2009 - 3:41pm login or register to post comments

Chironomid?
Nice photo - I'm eager to hear what John Carr or one of our other "fly folks" says about this nice image...
… Ken Schneider, 6 March, 2009 - 3:16pm login or register to post comments

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