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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Mosquitoes and Midges (Culicomorpha) » Non-biting Midges (Chironomidae) » Chironominae » Chironomini » Harnischia complex » Cryptochironomus
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Midge - Cryptochironomus - male
Copyright © 2011 Stephen Luk

Midge - Cryptochironomus - Male
Guelph, Wellington, Ontario, Canada
May 31, 2011
Size: 5 mm
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Contributed by Stephen Luk on 1 June, 2011 - 8:23am
Last updated 30 September, 2011 - 8:36pm

Moved
Moved from Chironomini.
… John F. Carr, 30 September, 2011 - 8:36pm login or register to post comments

Maybe Cryptochironomus
This might be a Cryptochironomus. Note the bulge on the inner side of the gonostylus and compare to Townes 1945 figure 110.(1)
… John F. Carr, 2 June, 2011 - 5:28pm login or register to post comments

 
Townes
To me, it agrees with the description of C. sorex and C. scimitarus, with the gonostylus closely resembling the latter figure (110).
… Stephen Luk, 2 June, 2011 - 8:16pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Midges.

Any more pictures?
… John F. Carr, 1 June, 2011 - 8:36pm login or register to post comments

 
More pictures
Of the same individuals, no. I will shoot more midges, from additional angles as necessary.
… Stephen Luk, 1 June, 2011 - 10:25pm login or register to post comments

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