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Common Name:
Biting Midge

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Subclass:
Order: Diptera
Suborder: Nematocera
Infraorder: Culicomorpha
Superfamily:
Family: Ceratopogonidae
Subfamily:
Tribe:
Species:
Dasyhelea sp.?

Hodges No:

Location:
Captiva Island
Captiva, FL
USA
GPS: 26.487654,-82.183568

Date: 3/5/12

Stage:
Sex: Female
Notes:

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Dasyhelea sp.? Ceratopogonidae
Biting Midge
Identifications represent best guesses on my part and are not intended to be authoritative.
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