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Ceratopogonidae
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Forcipomyiinae
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Forcipomyia
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Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia)
Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) edwardsiana Wirth, 1974
photomicrograph female Paratype (BMNH)
Geographic distribution
Distribution
Record
- Argentina
- Neuquén
- Río Negro
Other distribution
edwardsiana Wirth, 1974: 5. New name for edwardsi. Distr.- Argentina (Río Negro: type locality). Refs.: Ingram & Macfie, 1931: 160; Marino & Spinelli, 2001a: 109; Marino & Spinelli, 2004a: 147.
edwardsi Ingram & Macfie, 1931: 160 (preoccupied by Forcipomyia edwardsi (Saunders),
1925). Type locality: Argentina, PN Nahuel Huapi, Río Negro, Lago Gutiérrez, 41°10'49.26"S, 71°23'15.08"W. HT M (BMNH).
NEW RECORDS:
Neuquén: PN Nahuel Huapi, Villa la Angostura, 40°45'14.51"S, 71°39'4.31"W. Río Negro: PN Nahuel Huapi, lago Gutiérrez, 41°10'49.26"S, 71°23'15.08"W; PN Nahuel Huapi, mallín los Patos, 41º15'48.6''S, 71º17'50.3''W, 1020 m; PN Nahuel Huapi, arroyo Llum, 41º16'13.3''S 71º30'56.7''W, 857 m.
Diagnosis. A dark brown species with third segment of palpus swollen on basal half, tapering abruptly; legs brown except knees and tarsi paler;a large, rectangular pale spot situated immediately just beyond end of costa extending to the fork of the intercalary vein in cell r3; genital sclerotization closed, anterior margin rounded; two pyriform spermathecae; male sternite 9 with narrow, rounded posteromedial excavation; distal processes of parameres long, filiform; aedeagus triangular, tip slightly sclerotized.
edwardsi Ingram & Macfie, 1931: 160 (preoccupied by Forcipomyia edwardsi (Saunders),
1925). Type locality: Argentina, PN Nahuel Huapi, Río Negro, Lago Gutiérrez, 41°10'49.26"S, 71°23'15.08"W. HT M (BMNH).
NEW RECORDS:
Neuquén: PN Nahuel Huapi, Villa la Angostura, 40°45'14.51"S, 71°39'4.31"W. Río Negro: PN Nahuel Huapi, lago Gutiérrez, 41°10'49.26"S, 71°23'15.08"W; PN Nahuel Huapi, mallín los Patos, 41º15'48.6''S, 71º17'50.3''W, 1020 m; PN Nahuel Huapi, arroyo Llum, 41º16'13.3''S 71º30'56.7''W, 857 m.
Diagnosis. A dark brown species with third segment of palpus swollen on basal half, tapering abruptly; legs brown except knees and tarsi paler;a large, rectangular pale spot situated immediately just beyond end of costa extending to the fork of the intercalary vein in cell r3; genital sclerotization closed, anterior margin rounded; two pyriform spermathecae; male sternite 9 with narrow, rounded posteromedial excavation; distal processes of parameres long, filiform; aedeagus triangular, tip slightly sclerotized.
- INGRAM, A. & J. W. S. MACFIE. 1931. Ceratopogonidae. In: Diptera of Patagonia and South Chile. Part II. Fasc. 4: 155-232.
- MARINO, P. I. & G. R. SPINELLI. 2001a. Las especies del subgénero Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) en la Patagonia (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina. 60 (1-4): 99-124.
- MARINO, P. I. & G. R. SPINELLI. 2004a. Further notes on the subgenus Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) from Argentinean Patagonia (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 130 (1): 147-154.
