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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) » Tanypodinae » Tanypus » subgenus Apelopia (Tanypus subgenus Apelopia) » Tanypus neopunctipennis
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Odd Duck - Tanypus neopunctipennis - female
Copyright © 2006 Stephen_WV

Odd Duck - Tanypus neopunctipennis - Female
Stonecoal Wildlife Management Area, Lewis County, West Virginia, USA
June 23, 2005
Look at those huge legs, especially the rear ones!
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Contributed by Stephen_WV on 26 October, 2006 - 5:58am
Last updated 8 August, 2011 - 7:33pm

Moved
Moved from subgenus Apelopia.

The other species of the subgenus should not be found in West Virginia.
… John F. Carr, 8 August, 2011 - 7:28pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Tanypus.
… John F. Carr, 22 September, 2010 - 4:23pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Midges.
… Charley Eiseman, 13 December, 2008 - 12:08am login or register to post comments

Spotty
Many (most? all?) of the brown spotted midges are subfamily Tanypodinae but I would need a better look at wing veins to check against the key.

In particular, the wing spot pattern is similar to Tanypus
… John F. Carr, 11 November, 2008 - 4:18pm login or register to post comments

 
Tanypus (Apelopia)
I'm convinced now this is Tanypus subgenus Apelopia.
… John F. Carr, 9 December, 2008 - 5:27pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera).
… Keith Bayless, 7 February, 2008 - 11:15am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… john and jane balaban, 28 January, 2007 - 6:09pm login or register to post comments

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