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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 glauca
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biting midge - Forcipomyia glauca - male
Copyright © 2013 tom murray

biting midge - Forcipomyia glauca - Male
Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
June 14, 2013
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Contributed by tom murray on 15 June, 2013 - 10:21pm
Last updated 21 October, 2014 - 5:49pm

Moved
Moved from Forcipomyia.
… John F. Carr, 21 October, 2014 - 5:49pm login or register to post comments

Forcipomyia sp.
Specimen now a photo-voucher, thanks Tom.

Unfortunately, I don't have access to Saunder's 1956 paper on this genus. Until I do, this will have to remain at genus level. I have a feeling however that even with that revision, keying these would be extremely difficult.

Surely the same species as
… Brad Barnd, 16 October, 2013 - 1:23am login or register to post comments

 
No key to species
There is no key to species. Saunders provided a table of characters of his subgenera, and descriptions of subgenera and typical species.

In this case you should be able to ID by color pattern. See Wirth's description (Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 53(6):315).
… John F. Carr, 21 October, 2014 - 5:52pm login or register to post comments

 
Vous êtes incroyable
Matches Wirth's description and the genitalia also is a match for his illustration. Thanks John!
… Brad Barnd, 21 October, 2014 - 10:44pm login or register to post comments

 
Subgenus?
Can you place it in a subgenus? What's the ratio between hind tarsomeres 1 and 2?
… John F. Carr, 7 August, 2014 - 8:08pm login or register to post comments

 
Ratio is 1.5
I tried to push it further using key in (1), but it uses a lot of female characters.
… Brad Barnd, 8 August, 2014 - 10:14pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Biting Midges.
… John F. Carr, 16 June, 2013 - 12:02pm login or register to post comments

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