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Species Erioptera tantilla

Midge? - Erioptera tantilla

Tipulidae? - Erioptera tantilla - female

Folded fly - Erioptera tantilla

Folded fly - Erioptera tantilla

Any idea which mosquito genus/species could it be? - Erioptera tantilla

Erioptera tantilla in Florida? - Erioptera tantilla

Insect - Erioptera tantilla

Insect - Erioptera tantilla

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon ("Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera))

Infraorder Tipulomorpha (Crane Flies)

Family Limoniidae (Limoniid Crane Flies)

Tribe Eriopterini

Genus Erioptera

No Taxon (subgenus Mesocyphona)

Species tantilla (Erioptera tantilla)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Erioptera (Mesocyphona) tantilla Alexander, 1916

Range

Southeastern USA (Kansas to Mississippi)

Remarks

BugGuide photos show this species perches at a 60 degree angle.

See Also

Similar to Erioptera costalis from tropical America.

Contributed by John F. Carr on 20 June, 2018 - 6:46am

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