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Forcipomyiinae
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Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia)
Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) sexvittata Wirth, 1956
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Geographic distribution
Distribution
Record
- Argentina
- Misiones
Other distribution
Costa Rica
sexvittata Wirth, 1956a: 248 (male, female). Type locality: Costa Rica, Los Diamantes. HT M (USNM). Distr.: Costa Rica, Argentina (Misiones: Puerto Iguazú, arroyo Mbocay, 25°37'51.16"S, 54°33'41.46"W). Refs.: Spinelli et al., 2010: 129.
NEW RECORD:
Misiones: Eldorado, 26°23'55.73"S, 54°41'36.05"W; El Soberbio, 27°17'29.81"S, 54°11'43.39"W.
NOTE: Spinelli & Balseiro (1982, page 226) recorded Forcipomyia squamitibia Lutz from Berisso, Los Talas, in Buenos Aires, on the basis of a single female specimen. The subsequent study of this specimen revealed that the specimens from Argentina belongs to an unidentified species of the subgenus Lepidohelea. Forcipomyia squamitibia is distributed in Brazil, Colombia, Puerto Rico and Trinidad, as it is pointed out by Marino & Spinelli (2002).
Diagnosis. Dark brown species of the squamitibia group with palpal segment 3 swollen at basal half, a large rounded sensory pit; scutum with three pairs of shining, brownish-black vittae; tibial hastate spines broad with very short stem; gonostylus elongated, nearly straight; bases of parameres widely separated; aedeagus triangular, tip heavily sclerotized.
NEW RECORD:
Misiones: Eldorado, 26°23'55.73"S, 54°41'36.05"W; El Soberbio, 27°17'29.81"S, 54°11'43.39"W.
NOTE: Spinelli & Balseiro (1982, page 226) recorded Forcipomyia squamitibia Lutz from Berisso, Los Talas, in Buenos Aires, on the basis of a single female specimen. The subsequent study of this specimen revealed that the specimens from Argentina belongs to an unidentified species of the subgenus Lepidohelea. Forcipomyia squamitibia is distributed in Brazil, Colombia, Puerto Rico and Trinidad, as it is pointed out by Marino & Spinelli (2002).
Diagnosis. Dark brown species of the squamitibia group with palpal segment 3 swollen at basal half, a large rounded sensory pit; scutum with three pairs of shining, brownish-black vittae; tibial hastate spines broad with very short stem; gonostylus elongated, nearly straight; bases of parameres widely separated; aedeagus triangular, tip heavily sclerotized.
- WIRTH, W. W. 1956a. New species and records of biting midges ectoparasitic on insects (Diptera: Heleidae). Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 49: 356-364.
- 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.
