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Is this a midge ? - Culicoides
Copyright © 2009 Mardon Erbland

Is this a midge ? - Culicoides
47.63054N 52.68761W (WGS84), Logy Bay, Northeast Avalon, Newfoundland/Labrador, Canada
August 9, 2009
Size: 2 mm head to wing tips

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Is this a midge ? - Culicoides Is this a midge ? - Culicoides
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Contributed by Mardon Erbland on 9 August, 2009 - 8:07pm
Last updated 12 December, 2010 - 3:33pm

Moved
Moved from Frog-biting midges.
… John F. Carr, 12 December, 2010 - 3:33pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Culicoides.
… Mardon Erbland, 17 November, 2010 - 2:47pm login or register to post comments

Opps...
I meant to move this to the Family Corethrellidae, Genus Corethrella. I'll do that now.
… Mardon Erbland, 17 November, 2010 - 1:23pm login or register to post comments

Not Culicoides
This is not a species of Culicoides. This is a frog-biting midge, genus Corethrella.
… ceratman, 17 November, 2010 - 1:14pm login or register to post comments

 
ID
How you can tell it is Corethrella?

Wing veins look typical for Ceratopogonidae, without the many nearly parallel branches of Culicidae and close relatives, and it is out of range for Corethrella, which is not supposed to be found so far north.
… John F. Carr, 17 November, 2010 - 2:15pm login or register to post comments

 
Are you sure?
I am studying some species of Corethrella as part of my graduate school research and I'm also curious how this can be identified as Corethrella? If it is Corethrella, then it is probably a new species since none of the species known in the Nearctic have the three black wing stripes seen in this picture. I'm not convinced that this is a Corethrellid.
… Erik Blosser, 9 December, 2010 - 5:34pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Biting Midges.
… John F. Carr, 14 March, 2010 - 12:07pm login or register to post comments

Yes
This is definitely a biting midge in Genus Culicoides. It is difficult to identify to species with the wings overlapping, though.
… Patrick Jennings, 22 January, 2010 - 8:54pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Mardon Erbland, 10 August, 2009 - 4:39am login or register to post comments

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