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Chironomidae --> Chironomus ?
EHRHARDT Michel
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 Hello,

68190 - Ungersheim (France) - May 14, 2013
About 11 mm long in a swampland.
Is it possible to say more about it.
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Michel
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 The color suggests Chironomus (Camptochironomus) but all I'm confident in saying is female Chironomini. A closer look at the top of the head and the pronotum (immediately above and behind the head) could help ID.
 
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 Thanks.
I send you an other view.
Michel
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 The head is hidden under the thorax from this angle.
 
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 I have a last view of the head if can help to ID.
Michel
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 Chironomus, could be Chironomus tentans.
 
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 Thanks John.Wink
 
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