Species info
Classification > Family Ceratopogonidae > Subfamily Forcipomyiinae > Genus Forcipomyia > Subgenus Forcipomyia (Trichohelea)
Forcipomyia (Trichohelea) leptognatha Wirth & Messersmith, 1971
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Geographic distribution
Distribution
Record
  • Argentina
    • Misiones
Other distribution
Mexico
USA
 
Observations
leptognatha Wirth and Messersmith, 1971: 21 (male, female). Type locality: USA, Kansas, Pottawatomie Co. HT F (USNM). Distr.- USA (Arizona, Iowa, Kansas), Mexico (Sonora), Argentina (Misiones: Corpus, 27°6'22.43"S, 55°31'24.71"W. Corrientes: Garapé, 27°36'5.30"S, 56°14'44.44"W. First Argentina records.

References
  • WIRTH, W.W. & D. H. MESSERSMITH, D.H. . 1971. Studies on the genus Forcipomyia. 1. The North American parasitic midges of the subgenus Trichohelea (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 64: 15–26.
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