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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: Ceratopogoninae
Tribe:
Species:
Culicoides sp.

Checklist No:

Location:
Windsor Terrace
Brooklyn, NY
USA
GPS: 40.659196,-73.980281

Date: 5/27/13

Stage: Adult
Sex: Male
Notes:

Image at BugGuide: http://bugguide.net/node/view/1011644

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