Forcipomyia (Lasiohelea) stylifer Lutz
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Forcipomyia (Lasiohelea) stylifer (Lutz)
Centrorhynchus stylifer Lutz, 1913: 63. Brazil. (female; figs. wing, palpus; habits).
Lasiohelea stylifer: Edwards 1922: 166 (combination; notes; Brazil); Macfie 1939: 171 (Brazil records); Macfie 1940: 181 (Guyana record); Macfie 1944: 298 (Trinidad, ex cacao); Lane 1945: 362 (female redescription; lectotype designation; figure antenna); Lane 1947: 161 (larva, pupa; figure larva; Brazil); Ortiz 1952: 241 (female redescription; figures wing, head, palpus, spermatheca; Venezuela); wirth 1956: 246 (female redescription; Costa Rica); Cavalieri 1962: 363 (synopsis of Neotropical species).
Forcipomyia (Lasiohelea) stylifera: wirth 1974: 7 (in New world catalogue south of the USA); Aitken et al 1975: 108 (Trinidad records; figure female wing); Huerta & Ibáñez-Bernal 1996: 353 (in key to American species); Ronderos & Spinelli 1999: 154 (redescription; figures female head, palpus, cibarial spines, scutellum, hind tibial comb, tarsal claws, wing, genital sclerotization, spermatheca, male genitalia; distribution).
Forcipomyia (Lasiohelea) stylifer: Borkent & wirth 1997: 43 (in world catalogue); Borkent & Spinelli 2000: 17 (in New world catalogue south of the USA); Felippe-Bauer & Oliveira 2001: 1116 (in list of type specimens of the Instituto Oswaldo Cruz); Spinelli et al 2005: 138 (in key Argentinean bloodsucking species); Borkent & Spinelli 2007: 52 (in Neotropical catalogue); Borkent 2016: 46 (in online world catalogue).
Material examined. MEXICO, Oaxaca, Municipio San Juan Guichicovi, Locality El Zacatal, potrero, CDC light trap, 27̄ 28-July-2009, Salceda, S.B., Rodríguez, A.A. & Ordóñez, A.J., Coll., 1 male (slide). New Mexico record.
Diagnosis. Male. Aedeagus divided in two sclerites, lightly joined basally, 2/3 of total length, distal portion slender, externally directed. Female with third palpal segment fusiform, with a distinct extension beyond the pit, fifth segment as long as fourth; 9-10 cibarial spines in one row; scutellum with 7 strong setae in a row, large circular aperture of spermathecal.
Distribution. This very common species is widely distributed in the Neotropical region from Mexico to Ecuador, Trinidad, Venezuela and northeastern Argentina. We provide the first record from Mexico.
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Biodiversity
- Collection code
- CDC
- Event date
- 2009-07-28
- Family
- Ceratopogonidae
- Genus
- Forcipomyia
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Diptera
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Lutz
- Species
- stylifer
- Taxon rank
- species
- Verbatim event date
- 2009-07-28
References
- Lutz, A. (1913) Contribuicao para o estudo das Ceratopogoninas hematofagas do Brazil. Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 5, 45 ‾ 73.
- Edwards, F. w. (1922) On some Malayan and other species of Culicoides, with a note on the genus Lasiohelea. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 13, 161 ‾ 167. https: // doi. org / 10.1017 / S 0007485300028030
- Macfie, J. w. S. (1939) A report on a collection of Brazilian Ceratopogonidae (Dipt.). Revista de Entomologia, 10, 137 - 219.
- Macfie, J. w. S. (1940) Ceratopogonidae (Diptera) from British Guiana and Trinidad. Part 1. Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London (B), 9, 179 ‾ 186.
- Macfie, J. w. S. (1944) Ceratopogonidae collected in Trinidad from cacao flowers. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 35, 297 ‾ 300.
- Lane, J. (1945) Redescricao de Ceratopogonideos Neotropicos (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) Revista de Entomologia, 16, 357 ‾ 373.
- Lane, J. (1947) A biologia e taxonomia de algumas especies dos grupos Forcipomyia e Culicoides (Diptera, Ceratopogonidae) (Heleidae). Arquivos da Faculdade de Higiene e Saude Publica da Universidade de Sao Paulo, 1, 159 ‾ 170.
- Ortiz, I. (1952) Nota sobre la presencia en Venezuela de un nuevo ceratopogonido hematofago: Lasiohelea stylifer (Lutz, 1913). Revista de Sanidad y Asistencia Social, 17, 241 ‾ 246.
- Cavalieri, F. (1962) Notas sobre Ceratopogonidae (Dipt. Nematocera) III. Sobre un nuevo diptero hematofago para Argentina, Lasiohelea saltensis n. sp. y notas sobre las especies neotropicales de Lasiohelea. Acta Zoologica Lilloana, 18, 359 ‾ 365.
- Aitken, T. H. G., wirth, w. w., williams, R. w., Davies, J. B. & Tikasingh, E. S. (1975) A Review of the bloodsucking midges of Trinidad and Tobago, west Indies (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Journal of Entomology (B), 44, 101 ‾ 144.
- Huerta, H. & Ibanez-Bernal, S. (1996) Especie nueva de Forcipomyia (Lasiohelea) de Chiapas, Mexico (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Anales del Instituto de Biologia Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Serie Zoologia, 67, 349 ‾ 355.
- Ronderos, M. M. & Spinelli, G. R. (1999) On the subgenus Forcipomyia (Lasiohelea) in the Neotropical Region (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 125, 151 ‾ 161.
- Borkent, A. & Spinelli, G. R. (2000) Catalog of the New world biting midges south of the United States of America (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Contributions on Entomology, International, 4, 1 - 107.
- Felippe-Bauer, M. L. & Oliveira, S. J. de (2001) Lista dos exemplares tipos de Ceratopogonidae (Diptera, Nematocera) depositados na Colecao entomologica do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 96, 1109 ‾ 1119. https: // doi. org / 10.1590 / S 0074 - 02762001000800014
- Borkent, A. & Spinelli, G. R. (2007) Neotropical Ceratopogonidae (Diptera: Insecta). In: Adis, J., Arias, J. R., Rueda-Delgado, G. & wantzen, K. M. (Eds.), Aquatic Biodiversity in Latin America (ABLA). Fol. 4. Pensoft, Sofia-Moscow, pp. 198.
- Borkent, A. (2016) world species of biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Available from: http: // www. inhs. uiuc. edu / research / FLYTREE / CeratopogonidaeCatalog. pdf (accessed 3 March 2017)