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8005205 - Sphaeromias longipennis - female
Copyright © 2009 Rob Curtis

8005205 - Sphaeromias longipennis - Female
Reed Turner Woodland, Illinois, USA
June 22, 2008

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Contributed by Rob Curtis on 15 May, 2009 - 5:38pm
Last updated 25 October, 2011 - 11:33am

Moved
Moved from Sphaeromiini.
… John F. Carr, 25 October, 2011 - 11:33am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ceratopogoninae.

I suspect Sphaeromias longipennis, a large species (~5 mm), but that normally has more markings on the thorax.
… John F. Carr, 5 August, 2010 - 5:53pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Biting Midges.
… John F. Carr, 13 March, 2010 - 7:51pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Midges. Most chironomidae have a line in the middle of the postnotum, and the wing veins are a little different in this one.

A more perpendicular view of the wing veins might help further ID (though likely not immediately).
… John F. Carr, 15 May, 2009 - 6:43pm login or register to post comments

Biting midge?
This may be a biting midge (Ceratopogonidae). Was it small, under 5mm? Do you have any more pictures of it?
… John F. Carr, 15 May, 2009 - 6:01pm login or register to post comments

 
Other shots are essentially
Other shots are essentially the same.
It wasn't that small. I don't remember the size but on the original RAW file it seems about the same as those other midges.
Thanks much for advancing them. I think I only my Ichneumonoids had more totally undetermined species.
… Rob Curtis, 15 May, 2009 - 6:20pm login or register to post comments

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