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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Mosquitoes and Midges (Culicomorpha) » Biting Midges (Ceratopogonidae) » Forcipomyiinae » Forcipomyia » Forcipomyia pluvialis

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Copyright © 2011 tom murray

Corethrella? - Forcipomyia pluvialis -

Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
September 30, 2011
Size: 1.2mm to wingtip

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Corethrella? - Forcipomyia pluvialis - female

Corethrella? - Forcipomyia pluvialis - female

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Contributed by tom murray on 1 October, 2011 - 12:04pm
Last updated 7 August, 2014 - 2:44pm

Moved

Moved from Forcipomyia.

… John F. Carr, 3 August, 2014 - 6:05pm

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Moved

Moved from "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera).
Thanks Chris.

… tom murray, 21 May, 2012 - 8:46pm

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Ceratapogonidae

According to Dr. Art Borkent this is a Forcipomyia sp. It is lacking the swollen midfemur (relative to other femurs) that is a synapomorphy of Corethrellidae.

… Chris Borkent, 21 May, 2012 - 7:25pm

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Moved

Moved from Flies.

… John F. Carr, 13 October, 2011 - 7:01pm

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Probably not a frog-biter

It doesn't seem to have enough veins for Corethrella. If you want to catch frog-biting midges, play recordings of their prey (Hyla sp.).

Do you have a shot showing more clearly how many tarsomeres the legs have? I want to make sure that this (and 562205) are really Culicomorpha and not gall midges.

… John F. Carr, 11 October, 2011 - 7:10pm

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No decent tarsomere shots

I had to photograph this tiny fly at the 5X power on my 65mm macro, and after getting this shot, it flew off.

That's interesting to know that the frog-biting midges responded to calls.

… tom murray, 11 October, 2011 - 7:27pm

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Size?

Is this image scaled down? A 1 mm fly should be 800 pixels long at 5:1 with 6.4 micron pixels. If there's room to make it larger, a closeup of the part of the wing between the black spots could be useful.

… John F. Carr, 11 October, 2011 - 8:06pm

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Close up added

I don't know if the added picture helps, and I measured the image by comparing a 5:1 shot of a mm ruler, bringing the fly in at 1.2mm.

… tom murray, 11 October, 2011 - 9:46pm

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