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another Diplocladius cultriger - Diplocladius cultriger - male
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another Diplocladius cultriger - Diplocladius cultriger - Male
Lake Needwood, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA
January 19, 2022
Size: body 3.7mm wing 3mm
The bifurcate gonostylus is best seen in the last image

For anyone who's really into chironomid trivia, the ratio of the length of the foretibia to that leg's 1st tarsomere is 1.4:1. Might show up as a Jeopardy question someday.

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Contributed by Steve Scholnick on 25 January, 2022 - 1:43pm

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