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Ceratopogonidae
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Forcipomyiinae
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Forcipomyia
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Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia)
Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) somuncurensis Marino & Spinelli, 2001
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Geographic distribution
Distribution
Record
- Argentina
- Chubut
- Córdoba
- Río Negro
Other distribution
somuncurensis Marino & Spinelli, 2001a: 116 (male, female). Type locality: Argentina, Río Negro, meseta de Somuncura, estancia El Rincón, 40°59'24.1''S, 66°40'35.7''W, 620 m. HT M (MLPA). Distr.- Argentina (Córdoba: 4 km NW Cura Brochero, 31°38'16.68"S, 65°2'10.15"W. Río Negro: type locality; meseta de Somuncura, vertiente y chorrillo, Estancia Jaguar Musso, Paraje Chasicó, 41°08’28’’S, 67°35’43.9’’W, 961 m; meseta de Somuncura, Chipauquil, vertiente arroyo Valcheta, 40°58’25’’S, 66°39’14.7''W, 630 m. Chubut: meseta de Somuncura, arroyo Telsen, 42°28’35''S, 66°52’18''W, 276 m). Refs.: Marino & Spinelli, 2001a: 116; Muzón et al., 2005: 62; Spinelli et al., 2010: 129; Muzón et al., 2010: 115.
Diagnosis. Species of brown coloration; jaw with numerous teeth, wing with a defined design of light and dark areas; with three clear areas evident on the anterior margin, and a clear distal area in the m1, m2 and cua1 and anal cells; two well-developed piriform spermathecae; light gonostil, spoon-shaped apex; triangular edeago, very high basal arch; curved parameters, robust posterior processes, blunt apices.
Diagnosis. Species of brown coloration; jaw with numerous teeth, wing with a defined design of light and dark areas; with three clear areas evident on the anterior margin, and a clear distal area in the m1, m2 and cua1 and anal cells; two well-developed piriform spermathecae; light gonostil, spoon-shaped apex; triangular edeago, very high basal arch; curved parameters, robust posterior processes, blunt apices.
- 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.
- MUZON J., G. R. SPINELLI G. C. ROSSI, P. I. MARINO, F. DÍAZ & M. C. MELO. 2010. Nuevas citas de insectos acuáticos para la Meseta de Somuncurá, Patagonia, Argentina. Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina. 69: 111–116.
- 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.
