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Wing vein example - female
Copyright © 2008 John F. Carr

Wing vein example - Female
Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
May 9, 2008
Size: 4? mm
Wing veins of tribe Chironomini.

Lack of M-Cu crossvein indicates family Chironominae or Orthocladiinae.

Long front leg, not visible, indicates family Chironominae.

R-M crossvein makes an angle with M, excluding tribe Tanytarsini (including the "Green Midge" Tanytarsus).

Note the faint vein just outboard of the dark vein ending near the wingtip. That is R2+3, often used in keys to Chironomidae. It can be hard to see. The dark vein is R4+5.

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Midge - female Wing vein example - female
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Contributed by John F. Carr on 24 November, 2008 - 4:18pm
Last updated 9 September, 2009 - 6:52pm

Moved
Moved from Chironominae.
… John F. Carr, 9 September, 2009 - 6:52pm login or register to post comments

Thanks for posting this
To someone like myself with a mountain of midges to sort through, this will be very useful. I'd love to see more of these little tutorials from our experts on various groups.
… Mark Fox, 24 November, 2008 - 4:52pm login or register to post comments

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