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subgenus Karelia

Fly with mites? - Ablabesmyia - female Little spotted midge head - Ablabesmyia - female midge - Ablabesmyia - male Hiding in bark crevice - Ablabesmyia - female Midge - Ablabesmyia - female Midge - Ablabesmyia - female Small midge with spotted wings - Ablabesmyia - female Checkered brown midge - Ablabesmyia - male
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera))
Infraorder Culicomorpha (Mosquitoes and Midges)
Family Chironomidae (Non-biting Midges)
Subfamily Tanypodinae
Tribe Pentaneurini
Genus Ablabesmyia
No Taxon subgenus Karelia
Identification
Recognized by the spot in the M cell approximately in line with the spot at R2+3, and slightly closer to the base of the wing than the spot in the cell between R4+5 and M.
Habitat
More often in still water -- ponds, swamps, and lakes -- than flowing.