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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 » Chironomus group » Glyptotendipes
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green diptera flying in wooded area - Glyptotendipes - female
Copyright © 2012 John Sankey

green diptera flying in wooded area - Glyptotendipes - Female
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
August 20, 2012
Size: body length 4 mm
followed Manual of Nearctic Diptera to Chironomini but am unsure re antepronotal lobes: are they the left&right triangles that each occupy 1/3 the width of the vertical green ridge? If so, since terminalia is broad with short setae, I should have Xenochironomus...

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Contributed by John Sankey on 21 August, 2012 - 12:46pm
Last updated 29 October, 2012 - 12:40pm

Moved
Moved from Midges.
… John F. Carr, 29 October, 2012 - 12:40pm login or register to post comments

Glyptotendipes?
Not Xenochironomus, which has a narrower notch in the pronotum. Maybe Glyptotendipes. What are the ratios of lengths of tibia and first three segments of fore tarsi? Are there any hair-free depressions on the fronts of the segments of the abdomen, along the top midline?
… John F. Carr, 28 October, 2012 - 7:42pm login or register to post comments

 
no depressions along abdomen top midline
fore leg ratios marked in new photo
… John Sankey, 29 October, 2012 - 12:05pm login or register to post comments

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