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Forcipomyia (Metaforcipomyia)
Forcipomyia (Metaforcipomyia) williamsi Marino & Spinelli, 1999
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- Argentina
- Buenos Aires
Other distribution
williamsi Marino & Spinelli, 1999a: 5 (male, female). Type locality: Argentina, Buenos Aires,
Berisso, Los Talas, 34°52'16.47''S, 57°51'8.76''W. HT F (MLPA). Distr.: Argentina (Buenos Aires: type locality; isla Martín García, 34°11'16.95"S, 58°14'41.93"W; Ensenada, Reserva Natural Integral Punta Lara, marginal forest, 34º47'21.2''S, 57º59'56.8''W). Refs.: Marino & Spinelli, 1999a: 5; Cazorla et al., 2018: 5.
Diagnosis. Species recognized by the following combination of characters: flagellomeres of female antenna elongated, vasiform; third palpal segment moderately swollen at midportion without sensory pit, fourth and fifth segments completely fused; scutum yellowish; two pyriform spermathecae with short and slender necks; ninth male sternum 2.12 times broader than long, without caudomedian excavation; basystylar apódeme strong; curving forward to join in a flat-topped basal arch; aedeagus T-shaped.
Berisso, Los Talas, 34°52'16.47''S, 57°51'8.76''W. HT F (MLPA). Distr.: Argentina (Buenos Aires: type locality; isla Martín García, 34°11'16.95"S, 58°14'41.93"W; Ensenada, Reserva Natural Integral Punta Lara, marginal forest, 34º47'21.2''S, 57º59'56.8''W). Refs.: Marino & Spinelli, 1999a: 5; Cazorla et al., 2018: 5.
Diagnosis. Species recognized by the following combination of characters: flagellomeres of female antenna elongated, vasiform; third palpal segment moderately swollen at midportion without sensory pit, fourth and fifth segments completely fused; scutum yellowish; two pyriform spermathecae with short and slender necks; ninth male sternum 2.12 times broader than long, without caudomedian excavation; basystylar apódeme strong; curving forward to join in a flat-topped basal arch; aedeagus T-shaped.
- MARINO, P. I. & G. R. SPINELLI. 1999a. The subgenus Forcipomyia (Metaforcipomyia) in Argentina (Diptera, Ceratopogonidae). Iheringia Serie Zoología. 86: 3-8.
- 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.
