Atrichopogon (Atrichopogon) comechingon Spinelli & Marino, 2006
 
Geographic distribution
Distribution
Record
  • Argentina
    • Buenos Aires
    • Córdoba
    • La Pampa
    • La Rioja
    • Río Negro
    • San Luis
Other distribution
 
comechingon Spinelli & Marino, in Spinelli et al., 2006: 306 (male, female). Type locality, Argentina, Córdoba, Cura Brochero, 31°38'16.68"S, 65°2'10.15"W. HT M (MLPA). Distr.: Argentina (La Ríoja: provincial Rt. 76, km 216, 29º13'31.7''S, 68º14'40.9''W, 1213 m. San Luis: provincial Rt. 5, Bajo de Veliz, 32º08'48.2''S, 65º24'43.3''W, 583 m. Córdoba: type locality. La Pampa: General Acha, 37°21'46.44"S, 64°34'16.08"W. Buenos Aires: Ensenada, Reserva Natural Integral Punta Lara, marginal forest, 34º47'21.2''S, 57º59'56.8''W; Sierra de la Ventana, Villa Ventana, 38°03'55''S, 61°53'00'', 350 m; Sierra de la Ventana, arroyo Las Piedras, 38°04'50.4''S, 61°56'21.7'', 392 m; Sierra de la Ventana, arroyo Belisario, 38º05'18.7''S, 61º55'46.9''W, 376; Sierra de la Ventana, arroyo Napostá Grande, 38º08'44.2''S, 62º05'32.7'', 300 m. Río Negro: Choele-Choel, 39°17'34.73"S, 65°40'16.00"W). Refs.: Spinelli et al., 2006: 306; Spinelli et al., 2010: 128; Marino et al., 2011a: 201; Cazorla et al., 2018: 3.
NEW RECORDS:
Córdoba: paraje Las Jarillas, río San Antonio, 31º32'02.8''S, 64º33'01.7''W, 820 m; La Falda, 7 cascadas, 31º05'54.57''S, 60º30'09.33''W, 923 m.

Diagnosis. The only species of Atrichopogon from Patagonia with the following combination of characters: male with fifth palpal segment conical; scutum without pattern of pigmentation; hindtibial spur thick; aedeagal-parameral complex broad, with rounded posterolateral margin, posteroventral process triangular, tip blunt; lateral arms directed laterally, basal arch extending to 1/3 of total length. Female: fifth palpal segment conical; mandible without teeth, scutum with pattern of pigmentation, wing macrotrichiae in apical portion of cells r3, m1, m2 and cua1.
  • SPINELLI, G. R., P. I. MARINO & P. POSADAS. 2006. The Patagonian species of the genus Atrichopogon Kieffer, with a biogeographic analysis based on Forcipomyiinae (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Insect Syst. Evol. 37(3): 301-324.:306.
  • SPINELLI, G. R., P. I. MARINO & A. L. GADDI. 2010. New records of biting midges from Argentina and Chile (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina 69(1-2): 127-132.
  • MARINO, P. I., C. G. CAZORLA & F. DÍAZ. 2011. Los Ceratopogonidae (Diptera: Culicomorpha) del Sistema Serrano de Ventania (Buenos Aires, Argentina). Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina. 70 (3-4): 197-205.
  • CAZORLA, C.G., P.I. MARINO, F. DÍAZ, F. & R. E. CAMPOS.. . 2018. Diversity of Ceratopogonidae (Diptera: Culicomorpha) from the Reserva Integral Natural Punta Lara (Buenos Aires, Argentina. Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina. 77: 1–13.
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