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Ceratopogonidae
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Forcipomyiinae
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Forcipomyia
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Forcipomyia (Trichohelea)
Forcipomyia (Trichohelea) tehuelche Marino & Spinelli, 2004
Holype male
Geographic distribution
Distribution
Record
- Argentina
- Neuquén
- Santa Cruz
Other distribution
tehuelche Marino & Spinelli, 2004b: 2260 (male, female). Type locality: Argentina, Santa Cruz, lago del Desierto, 49°05’0.71”S, 72°53'32.61"W. HT M (MLPA). Distr.: Argentina (Santa Cruz: type locality). Refs.: Marino & Spinelli, 2004: 2260.
NEW RECORD:
Neuquén: laguna Epulaufquen, 36°50'9.49"S, 71°1'1.08"W.
Diagnosis. A medium-sized, brown species; flagellomeres 1–8 distinctly broader than long; third segment of maxillary palpi broadly 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 with distal medial process, basal arch extending to one-tenth of total length; parameres inverted U-shaped, lateral arms. subparallel.
NEW RECORD:
Neuquén: laguna Epulaufquen, 36°50'9.49"S, 71°1'1.08"W.
Diagnosis. A medium-sized, brown species; flagellomeres 1–8 distinctly broader than long; third segment of maxillary palpi broadly 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 with distal medial process, basal arch extending to one-tenth of total length; parameres inverted U-shaped, lateral arms. subparallel.
- 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.
