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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Gnats, Gall Midges, and March Flies (Bibionomorpha) » Minute Black Scavenger Flies (Scatopsidae) » Colobostema » Colobostema varicorne
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Midge ID - Colobostema varicorne - male
Copyright © 2009 Scott Justis

Midge ID - Colobostema varicorne - Male
Norfolk, Virginia, USA
September 27, 2009
Size: ~5mm
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Contributed by Scott Justis on 2 October, 2009 - 1:04pm
Last updated 6 February, 2016 - 5:16pm

Moved
Moved from Minute Black Scavenger Flies.
… John F. Carr, 6 February, 2016 - 5:16pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… John F. Carr, 4 October, 2009 - 2:58pm login or register to post comments

Guesses
Is has some characters of Simulium but the veins are not right (e.g. forking of M). It also resembles a general Bibionidae but has not enough crossveins.
… John F. Carr, 3 October, 2009 - 11:00am login or register to post comments

 
My guess
… John R. Maxwell, 4 October, 2009 - 12:54am login or register to post comments

Any other angles?
Do you have any more pictures? I see traits of three or four families but it probably does not belong to more than one.
… John F. Carr, 2 October, 2009 - 6:11pm login or register to post comments

 
I didn't get too...
many pics of this bug. But I will see what I have. Maybe I can find another similar midge this weekend.
… Scott Justis, 2 October, 2009 - 7:17pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

Maybe in Bibionomorpha. I'll check later.
… John F. Carr, 2 October, 2009 - 1:08pm login or register to post comments

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