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Forcipomyia (Trichohelea)
Forcipomyia (Trichohelea) limnetis Ingram & Macfie, 1931
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- Argentina
- Neuquén
- Río Negro
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Chile
- [i]shannoni[/i] Ingram & Macfie, 1931
limnetis Ingram & Macfie, 1931: 169 (male). Type locality: Argentina, Neuquén, PN Nahuel Huapi, lago Correntoso, 40°43'58.90"S, 71°40'15.97"W. HT M (BMNH). Distr.: Argentina (Neuquén: type locality; arroyo Pedregoso at provincial Rt. 65, 5 km E El Portezuelo, 40°37'27.18"S, 71°35'29.45"W. Río Negro: arroyo Challhuaco, 41°13'14.15"S, 71°17'56.71"W; lago Guillelmo, 41°22'42.08"S, 71°30'26.30"W). Refs.: Ingram & Macfie, 1931: 169; Marino & Spinelli, 2004: 2254.
shannoni (Ingram & Macfie), 1931: 171 (Lasiohelea). Type locality: Argentina, Neuquén, PN Nahuel Huapi, lago Correntoso, 40°43'58.90"S, 71°40'15.97"W. HT F (BMNH).
Diagnosis. A medium-sized, brown species; flagellomeres 1–8 distinctly broader than long; third segment of maxillary palpi swollen, sensory pit deep opening by a small pore; CR 0.55; tarsal claws equal, small, bifid at extreme apex; female genital sclerotization open, subquadrangular; two pyriform spermathecae; aedeagus stout, basal arch extending to half of total length; parameres inverted U-shaped, lateral arms strongly divergent.
shannoni (Ingram & Macfie), 1931: 171 (Lasiohelea). Type locality: Argentina, Neuquén, PN Nahuel Huapi, lago Correntoso, 40°43'58.90"S, 71°40'15.97"W. HT F (BMNH).
Diagnosis. A medium-sized, brown species; flagellomeres 1–8 distinctly broader than long; third segment of maxillary palpi swollen, sensory pit deep opening by a small pore; CR 0.55; tarsal claws equal, small, bifid at extreme apex; female genital sclerotization open, subquadrangular; two pyriform spermathecae; aedeagus stout, basal arch extending to half of total length; parameres inverted U-shaped, lateral arms strongly divergent.
- 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. 2004b. Descriptions of the Patagonian species of the subgenus Trichohelea of Forcipomyia, with a key to the Neotropical species (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Journal of Natural History. 38: 2251-2262.
