Posted by Tim Jaeger on 20-10-2023 20:20
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John Carr wrote:
The illustrations come from
Townes, H. K. Jr. 1945. The Nearctic species of Tendipedini [Diptera, Tendipedidae (= Chironomidae)]. American Midland Naturalist 34:1–206
They were reprinted in 1952 in
Guide to the Insects of Connecticut, Part VI. The Diptera or True Flies of Connecticut, Fifth Fascicle: Midges and Gnats.
John do you know when it comes to Polypedilum if all of the species have a fringed Squama? In the illustrations I have the wing is showing a fringed one.
Because then I could use this trait (+others) instead of the scale (which is vaguer to me) to identify the genera that are important to me.