"They are small hump-backed gnats, of a gray or blackish color, with broad pale wings." —Whitney, 1889
<p>This is a dorsal view of the larva, with fan-shaped appendages spread.

Fish-Killing Buffalo Gnat Larva

"They are small hump-backed gnats, of a gray or blackish color, with broad pale wings." —Whitney,…

"Schizomus crassicaudatus, one of the Pedipalpi. Lateral view of a male, II to VI, the prosomatic appendages, the first being concealed; 5, the fifth, and II, the eleventh tergites of the opisthosoma; pa, the conical post-anal lobe." &mdash; The Encyclopedia Britannica, 1910

Schizomus

"Schizomus crassicaudatus, one of the Pedipalpi. Lateral view of a male, II to VI, the prosomatic appendages,…