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subgenus Tanypus (Tanypus subgenus Tanypus)
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Copyright © 2008
Steve Nanz
Midge_1216 -
Tanypus
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Prospect Park, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA
May 31, 2008
Midge. Not sure how to interpret the wing venations but it looks like the M-Cu crossvein is present.
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Contributed by
Steve Nanz
on 8 November, 2008 - 12:46pm
Last updated 5 December, 2010 - 1:31pm
Front of thorax
Do you have a shot of the thorax from more in front? One of the species can be distinguished by a depression at the forward point of the mesonotum.
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John F. Carr
, 5 December, 2010 - 11:32am
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Image Added
Hope it helps.
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Steve Nanz
, 5 December, 2010 - 12:51pm
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Moved
Moved from
Tanypus
.
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John F. Carr
, 8 March, 2010 - 8:19pm
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Moved
Moved from
Midges
.
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Ted Kropiewnicki
, 10 November, 2008 - 11:03pm
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Tanypus
Genus
Tanypus
.
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John F. Carr
, 9 November, 2008 - 6:10pm
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Thank You
There is no Tanypus page. Is it in Tanypodinae? I'm curious as to what it is that places it to that genus.
Thanks for sorting out the midges.
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Steve Nanz
, 10 November, 2008 - 3:53am
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I asked for a genus page to be created. See my comments
here
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John F. Carr
, 10 November, 2008 - 5:40am
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Chironomidae
Female
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Gerard Pennards
, 9 November, 2008 - 4:55pm
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