Forcipomyia (Thyridomyia) tenuichela Dow and Wirth

William L. Grogan, Jr., Hribar, Lawrence J., Murphree, C. Steven & Cilek, James E., 2010, New records of biting and predaceous midges from Florida, including species new to the fauna of the United States (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), Insecta Mundi 2010 (147), pp. 1-59 : 20

Forcipomyia (Thyridomyia) tenuichela Dow and Wirth

Forcipomyia (Thyridomyia) tenuichela Dow and Wirth, 1972: 191 (California) ; Wilkening et al. 1985: 517 (Florida records); Borkent and Grogan 2009: 10 (in Nearctic catalog; distribution).

Discussion. As mentioned above in the discussion section of F. (T.) johannseni , one of the males from Vero Beach, St. Lucie Co., Florida identified by Wirth (in Dow and Wirth 1972) as that species, is actually a specimen of F. (T.) tenuichela . Wilkening et al. (1985) recorded F. tenuichela from Dade, Indian River, Monroe and St. Lucie counties. We provide additional records from Monroe and St. Lucie counties.

New records. Monroe Co., Key Largo , Burton Street, 6 May 2008, D. DeMay, CO 2 baited ABC trap, 1 female ; Upper Matecumbe Key , 19 December 2006, D. DeMay, light trap, 1 male ; Little Pine Key , 15 July 2008, J. Snell & E. Wirsching, CO 2 baited light trap, 1 male. St. Lucie Co., Vero Beach, Nov. 1957, W. L. Bidlingmayer, 1 male ( FLKC; WLGC) .