Atrichopogon (Atrichopogon) websteri (Coquillett)

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 : 6

Atrichopogon (Atrichopogon) websteri (Coquillett)

Ceratopogon websteri Coquillett, 1901: 603 (Louisiana) .

Atrichopogon websteri: Johannsen 1943: 777 (combination).

Atrichopogon (Atrichopogon) websteri: Wirth 1965: 123 (in Nearctic catalog; distribution); Wilkening et al. 1985: 515 (Florida records); Borkent and Grogan 2009: 5 (in Nearctic catalog; distribution).

Discussion. Wilkening et al. (1985) recorded this moderately common Nearctic species in Florida from Dixie, Levy and Monroe counties. We provide the first records from Hardee, Gilchrist, Highlands, Hillsborough, Liberty, St. Johns, and Wakulla counties.

New records. Hardee Co., Wauchulla , June 1961, S. B. H., 1 female ( FSCA). Gilchrist Co. , Suwannee R., 15-VI-1962, G. K. Hicks, 4 females; (no locality given) , 15 June 1960, G. K. Hicks, 1 male ( FSCA). Highlands Co., Highlands Hammock State Park (as H. H. S. P.), V-1961, S. B. H., 1 female ( FSCA). Hillsborough Co. , Ruskin , Oct-Nov 1961, S. B. H., 1 female ( FSCA). Liberty Co. , Torreya , St. Park , 20- VI-1966, H. V. Weems , 2 females ( FSCA). St. Johns Co. , Crescent Beach , July 1961, S. B. H., 1 female ( FSCA). Wakulla Co. , Wakulla Springs State Park , spring 300 m E of Wakulla Spring, 25 May 2004, S. Murphree, NJ light trap, 1 female ( BUTC) ; same data except swamp on Lodge Rd , 25-26-V-2004, CDC LT, 2 females ( WLGC) .