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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Mosquitoes and Midges (Culicomorpha) » Phantom Midges (Chaoboridae) » Chaoborus » subgenus Chaoborus (Chaoborus subgenus Chaoborus) » Chaoborus flavicans
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Midge - Chaoborus flavicans - female
Copyright © 2011 Jim Moore

Midge - Chaoborus flavicans - Female
In Westwood by porch light; elevation 5100ft, Lassen County, California, USA
July 1, 2010
Size: Body length 7mm
Thank you for any further ID placement help with this midge.

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Contributed by Jim Moore on 6 April, 2011 - 12:52pm
Last updated 13 December, 2015 - 10:14pm

Moved
Moved from Chaoborus. You are near the southern range limit of this species. It's conceivable this is the southernmost American sighting. The 1956(?) book of aquatic insects of California lists it from Modoc County only.
… John F. Carr, 16 April, 2011 - 3:36pm login or register to post comments

 
Hi John, Why was this move
Hi John,

Why was this moved to species? You indicated elsewhere that this subgenus cannot be determined further without microscopic examination? Thank you!

Best,
Even
… Even Dankowicz, 24 June, 2022 - 1:50pm login or register to post comments

 
Range?
I forget all I looked at, other than Wirth's chapter on the aquatic Diptera of California. I know I did not have Cook's 1956 revision at the time.

I think the ID is supportable based on range. C. borealis is from northern Canada. C. americanus is probably absent from California. C. flavicans is known from northern California.
… John F. Carr, 24 June, 2022 - 1:58pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you, John! I see the ot
Thank you, John! I see most of the others are no longer left at species.
… Even Dankowicz, 24 June, 2022 - 2:14pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks John ...
... for your efforts with this midge. It is always nice to get a species ID for a midge; and especially when it provides new information in regards to its range. : )
… Jim Moore, 17 April, 2011 - 12:01am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Midges.
… John F. Carr, 6 April, 2011 - 2:43pm login or register to post comments

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