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Midges - Chironomus - male
Copyright © 2013 Richard Migneault

Midges - Chironomus - Male
Edmundston, Madawaska County, New Brunswick, Canada
May 9, 2013
Size: 12,2mm
Quite large midges, which genus could this be?

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Contributed by Richard Migneault on 14 December, 2013 - 8:07am
Last updated 14 December, 2013 - 1:20pm

Moved
Moved from Midges.
… John F. Carr, 14 December, 2013 - 1:20pm login or register to post comments

Similar to plumosus
This is very similar to Chironomus plumosus except for the bare fore leg. Plumosus has a long beard, five times the diameter of the leg or longer, starting at the middle of the first segment of the fore tarsus.
… John F. Carr, 14 December, 2013 - 1:19pm login or register to post comments

Chironomus
I think Chironomus (Chironomus). If the fore tarsus has a long beard on both sides, could be plumosus. If the fore tarsus has a beard on one side only, staegeri. I don't see one. Do you have a clear closeup of the genitalia?
… John F. Carr, 14 December, 2013 - 9:32am login or register to post comments

 
The hairs on the tarsus are a
The hairs on the tarsus are as long as the width of the tarsus and all around it. I have included a closeup of genitalia, hope it will help..
… Richard Migneault, 14 December, 2013 - 12:01pm login or register to post comments

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