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rogersi species group (Axarus rogersi species group)
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Copyright © 2010
Tom Bentley
Midge -
Axarus
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Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park, Hidalgo County, Texas, USA
November 14, 2010
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Contributed by
Tom Bentley
on 19 November, 2010 - 7:09pm
Last updated 23 November, 2010 - 7:44pm
Figured it out
This midge is unusual because it is perched with wings overlapping. That is extremely rare in Chironomidae, where wings are either tented or held out horizontally to the side. The only other one I've seen is the other one in this species group on BugGuide.
Midges in the related family Ceratopogonidae almost always perch with wings overlapping, but again there are a few exceptions in one genus.
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John F. Carr
, 9 December, 2010 - 10:11pm
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Moved
Moved from
Axarus
.
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John F. Carr
, 23 November, 2010 - 7:44pm
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Moved
Moved from
Chironomini
.
Possibly
Axarus rogersi
(Beck and Beck).
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John F. Carr
, 19 November, 2010 - 8:48pm
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Moved
Moved from
Midges
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There's something odd about this one. Maybe the short, narrow male-like wings on a female body.
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John F. Carr
, 19 November, 2010 - 7:14pm
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