Forcipomyia (Metaforcipomyia) pluvialis Malloch, 1923

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 : 16

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5352908
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5450705
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0A029528-3F07-EE18-FF60-163DB576FAD5
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scientific name	Forcipomyia (Metaforcipomyia) pluvialis Malloch
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Forcipomyia (Metaforcipomyia) pluvialis Malloch View in CoL

Forcipomyia pluvialis Malloch, 1923: 5 (Maryland) View in CoL .

Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) pluvialis: Johannsen 1943: 778 View in CoL ; Wirth 1951: 314 (redescription; Virginia, Louisiana, Panama).

Forcipomyia (Metaforcipomyia) pluvialis: Wirth 1965: 125 View in CoL (in Nearctic catalog; distribution); Wilkening et al. 1985: 517 (Florida records); Grogan and Sigrist 2007: 536 (redescription; USNM Nearctic records); Borkent and Grogan 2009: 8 (in Nearctic catalog; distribution).

Discussion. This common woodland species occurs from Ontario and New Brunswick, south to Louisiana and Florida ( Borkent and Grogan 2009). Wilkening et al. (1985) recorded it in Florida from Alachua, Gulf, Indian River, Levy, and Monroe counties. We provide the first record from Highlands Co.

New records. Highlands Co., Lake Placid, Archbold Biological Station, 1-IV-1993, W. W. Wirth, at UV light, 1 female (P) (FSCA).

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Diptera
Family	Ceratopogonidae
Genus	Forcipomyia