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 Ceratopogonid? from Guyana
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| pbertner |
Posted on 04-02-2011 03:14
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Found during the day in the Kanuku mountains of Guyana last november. Thanks for any help, Paul Portfolio - https://rainfores...ugmug.com/ http://www.flickr...37609@N08/ blog photo companion http://pbertner.w... |
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| Patrycja |
Posted on 04-02-2011 08:39
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Yes, cerato, but I do not know which one  |
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| pbertner |
Posted on 04-02-2011 13:41
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thanks for the confirmation!
Portfolio - https://rainfores...ugmug.com/ http://www.flickr...37609@N08/ blog photo companion http://pbertner.w... |
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| John Carr |
Posted on 05-02-2011 03:06
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It's in the subfamily Ceratopogoninae, exclusive of Culicoides. Notice how the fifth tarsomeres are held up off the leaf. That seems to be common in the predatory species; there are often long claws on those feet. A view of wing veins might narrow down the ID. |
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but don't see the image in the post.