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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Mosquitoes and Midges (Culicomorpha) » Biting Midges (Ceratopogonidae) » Ceratopogoninae » Sphaeromiini » Jenkinshelea » Jenkinshelea albaria

Species Jenkinshelea albaria

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Range · Remarks · See Also · Works Cited
Strange Fly - Jenkinshelea albaria - female Strange Fly - Jenkinshelea albaria - female Ceratopogonidae - Jenkinshelea albaria - female Gray fly with white wing base - Jenkinshelea albaria Gray fly with white wing base - Jenkinshelea albaria
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera))
Infraorder Culicomorpha (Mosquitoes and Midges)
Family Ceratopogonidae (Biting Midges)
Subfamily Ceratopogoninae
Tribe Sphaeromiini
Genus Jenkinshelea
Species albaria (Jenkinshelea albaria)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Ceratopogon albaria Coquillett, 1895
Range
Eastern USA and adjacent Canada
Remarks
"This species is commonly found around lakes and streams and ranges west to Texas and Illinois, northwards to Ontario."(1)
See Also
Jekninshelea stonei is slightly smaller and is southeastern rather than eastern in distribution.
Works Cited
1.An Annotated Checklist of the Ceratopogonidae (Diptera) of Florida with a New Synonymy
Wilkening, Alan J., Kline, Daniel L. and Wirth, Willis W. 1985. Florida Entomologist.
Contributed by John F. Carr on 10 September, 2015 - 3:47pm
Last updated 10 January, 2020 - 7:18am

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