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Photo#58478
fly - Paratendipes albimanus

fly - Paratendipes albimanus
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, USA
June 17, 2006
Size: ~7 to 8 mm
It was waving the long front legs like antenna.

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fly - Paratendipes albimanus fly - Paratendipes albimanus

Moved
Moved from Chironominae.

Townes did not mention the tinted wing of P. albimanus, and that is why I went down the wrong path trying to figure out what this was.

Moved
Moved from Midges.

Demeijerea brachialis?
This is a good, but not perfect match for Demeijerea brachialis (Coquillet). Quoting a description of that species:

Male: Wing 3.6mm long; leg ratio 1.18; fore tarsus with a dense beard, long on the outer side and shorter on the inner side.

Head and its appendages brown; thorax shining blackish brown; abdomen yellow or light green, marked with blackish brown as follows: basal transverse band on tergites 2 to 5, all beyond segment 5, and more or less of tergites 2 and 5; basal third of wing yellow, beyond which is an indefinite brown cloud occupying the central third of the wing; wing veins brown beyond their basal third; wing membrane mostly iridescent; halter knob pale yellow; legs ochre except as follows: Bases of coxae brownish; apices of femora, tibiae, and tarsal segments brown; front tibia and tarsus (except 0.7 of basitarsus, which is dusky whitish or ochre) and last two segments of middle and hind tarsi dark brown.

Female: Basal segment of abdomen ochre, the rest blackish brown. Otherwise similar to the male except for the usual sexual differences.

[edit: that species does not appear on the checklist of Chironominae found in Georgia and I found a better match in a species that does so appear]

Reminds us of
Chironomid Midge See

 
Thanks...
for the help. It is appreciated.

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