Blephariceridae - Net-Winged Midges

Found in fast-moving, clean and cold streams. Larvae use ventral suckers to which they adhere to the surfaces of rocks, often near the water surface or even above in the splash zone. Note: species denoted in bold-blue have been recorded in Michigan, other are likely to be found in the state based on existed regional distribution records. Species of the Blepharicera tenuipes-group have been treated by Courtney (2000) and Jacobsen (2010). [Photo right: Blepharicera sp. Image from U.S. EPA Biological Indicators of Watershed Health, courtesy of EcoAnalysts, Inc.)

Blepharicera Macquart, 1843

Blepharicera tenuipes (Walker), 1848 Asindulum

References

Courtney GW. 2000. Revision of the net-winged midges of the genus Blepharicera Macquart (Diptera: Blephariceridae) of eastern North America. Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Washington 23: 1-101.

Jacobsen AJ. 2010. Phylogenetic analysis of the Nearctic Blepharicera Macquart (Diptera: Blephariceridae) with an emphasis on the eastern Blepharicera tenuipes group Hogue. PhD diss., University of Tennessee, 2010. http://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_graddiss/889

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