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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Mosquitoes and Midges (Culicomorpha) » Biting Midges (Ceratopogonidae) » Ceratopogoninae » Sphaeromiini » Sphaeromias » Sphaeromias longipennis
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biting midge - Sphaeromias longipennis - female
Copyright © 2014 tom murray

biting midge - Sphaeromias longipennis - Female
Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
June 25, 2014
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Contributed by tom murray on 26 June, 2014 - 10:12pm
Last updated 30 June, 2014 - 7:55pm

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This photo is captioned Sphaeromias longipennis in Manual of Afrotropical Diptera figure 34.13.
… John F. Carr, 10 April, 2018 - 2:18pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for the upate
I'm sure they asked, but I have a hard time keeping track of who I give permission to use photos.
… tom murray, 10 April, 2018 - 2:23pm login or register to post comments

Sphaeromias longipennis (Loew), female
ID confirmed from specimen, now a photo-voucher. Thanks Tom.
… Brad Barnd, 1 June, 2016 - 1:26am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ceratopogoninae.
… John F. Carr, 30 June, 2014 - 7:55pm login or register to post comments

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