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Species Sphaeromias longipennis

Biting Midge larva - Sphaeromias longipennis

biting midge - Sphaeromias longipennis - female

small dark fly with claws - Sphaeromias longipennis - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon ("Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera))

Infraorder Culicomorpha (Mosquitoes and Midges)

Family Ceratopogonidae (Biting Midges)

Subfamily Ceratopogoninae

Tribe Sphaeromiini

Genus Sphaeromias

Species longipennis (Sphaeromias longipennis)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Sphaeromias longipennis (Loew)

Orig. Comb: Ceratopogon longipennis Loew 1861

Range

e US (BG data)

Contributed by John F. Carr on 24 October, 2011 - 6:35pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 1 August, 2015 - 1:10pm

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