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Ceratopogonid? from Guyana
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 Found during the day in the Kanuku mountains of Guyana last november.

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 Yes, cerato, but I do not know which one SmileSmile
 
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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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