Tanypus, subgenus Apelopia - Tanypus

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Tanypus, subgenus Apelopia - Tanypus -

Rockville, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA
April 1, 2021
Size: body ~4mm, wing 3.8mm

apex of right hind tibia. anterior to the right. lateral view is of the outside/anterior face of the tibia
I don't see anything that looks like the "rudimentary" tibial comb that's supposed to be on T. neopunctipennis. Roback's Table 10 indicates that the comb is missing from the 3 western species and is "+/-" for the other southern species (T. clavatus).

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Tanypus, subgenus Apelopia - Tanypus - female

Contributed by Steve Scholnick on 6 April, 2021 - 12:04am
Last updated 4 September, 2021 - 5:01pm

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