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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Mosquitoes and Midges (Culicomorpha) » Meniscus Midges (Dixidae) » Dixella » Dixella nova
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Meniscus Midge - Dixella nova - male
Copyright © 2009 tom murray

Meniscus Midge - Dixella nova - Male
Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
October 8, 2009
Size: ~7mm
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Contributed by tom murray on 10 October, 2009 - 10:33pm
Last updated 30 October, 2009 - 9:31pm

Thanks John
It's the first Dixid identified to species for bugguide so far. I'll have to keep an eye out for more next year.
… tom murray, 30 October, 2009 - 9:26pm login or register to post comments

Thanks Stephen
It's a new family of flies for me. I just checked the UNH database, and the only Dixidae they list is Dixella clavata.
… tom murray, 11 October, 2009 - 8:05am login or register to post comments

 
Dixella nova
This is a male Dixella nova. Dixella clavata is more brownish orange and has infuscated wing vein margins rather than a discernible spot at radial branching. Nice pic.
… John Kevin Moulton, 30 October, 2009 - 8:57pm login or register to post comments

Dixidae
looks like. I glimpsed a very similar one last month before it flew away.
… Stephen Luk, 11 October, 2009 - 4:27am login or register to post comments

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