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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Mosquitoes and Midges (Culicomorpha) » Biting Midges (Ceratopogonidae) » Ceratopogoninae » Sphaeromiini
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Biting Midge - female
Copyright © 2010 Robert Lord Zimlich

Biting Midge - Female
Mobile (Dog River), Mobile County, Alabama, USA
May 3, 2010
First time I've seen a fly with no pigmentation or markings on pronotum. Even the haltres are snow white. Ideas welcomed. Thanks

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Biting Midge - female Biting Midge
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Contributed by Robert Lord Zimlich on 4 May, 2010 - 8:11pm
Last updated 17 January, 2011 - 6:28pm

Moved
Moved from Ceratopogoninae.
… John F. Carr, 17 January, 2011 - 6:27pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Biting Midges.
… John F. Carr, 16 August, 2010 - 9:13pm login or register to post comments

Possibly Sphaeromias
Sphaeromias looks similar. I don't know what else does.
… John F. Carr, 26 June, 2010 - 2:47pm login or register to post comments

 
Sphaeromias?
Don't read Russian, but how does this Sphaeromias look for genus?
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 17 January, 2011 - 5:35pm login or register to post comments

 
Probably not Sphaeromias
Female Sphaeromias has the R vein extending nearly to wingtip.


In males the vein is shorter. I think your midge is female. Maybe Nilobezzia.
… John F. Carr, 25 October, 2011 - 3:12pm login or register to post comments

 
Very similar
This certainly looks a lot like Sphaeromias. Problem is, I don't know what else it may look very much like. I'll move it to tribe because it's probably the same species as this gal, which does show the tribal character of strong bristles under fifth tarsal segments:
… John F. Carr, 17 January, 2011 - 6:27pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… John F. Carr, 5 May, 2010 - 6:07pm login or register to post comments

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