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Paratendipes albimanus
Photo#58478
Copyright © 2006
Bill DuPree
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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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Contributed by
Bill DuPree
on 18 June, 2006 - 8:55pm
Last updated 25 January, 2009 - 8:09pm
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.
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John F. Carr
, 25 January, 2009 - 8:09pm
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Moved
Moved from
Midges
.
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John R. Maxwell
, 1 January, 2009 - 9:36am
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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]
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John F. Carr
, 27 December, 2008 - 7:57pm
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Reminds us of
Chironomid Midge See
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john and jane balaban
, 18 June, 2006 - 9:08pm
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Thanks...
for the help. It is appreciated.
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Bill DuPree
, 18 June, 2006 - 9:11pm
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