Forcipomyia (Lepidohelea) dubiamima Wirth and Spinelli

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 : 14

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5352908

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5450689

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0A029528-3F19-EE06-FF60-162EB660FB20

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scientific name

Forcipomyia (Lepidohelea) dubiamima Wirth and Spinelli
status

 

Forcipomyia (Lepidohelea) dubiamima Wirth and Spinelli View in CoL

Forcipomyia (Lepidohelea) dubiamima Wirth and Spinelli, 1993b: 620 (Maryland) View in CoL ; Borkent and Grogan 2009: 8 (in Nearctic catalog; distribution).

Discussion. This recently described species inhabits the southeastern United States, and is distinctive due to its large size, greatly elongated antennal flagella, dark brown body and legs that are covered with numerous long setae. It is currently known from Maryland, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia and North Carolina and in Florida from Alachua, Highlands and Indian River counties ( Wirth and Spinelli 1993b).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Ceratopogonidae

Genus

Forcipomyia

Loc

Forcipomyia (Lepidohelea) dubiamima Wirth and Spinelli

William L. Grogan, Jr., Hribar, Lawrence J., Murphree, C. Steven & Cilek, James E. 2010
2010
Loc

Forcipomyia (Lepidohelea) dubiamima

Borkent, A. & W. L. Grogan, Jr. 2009: 8
Wirth, W. W. & G. R. Spinelli 1993: 620
1993
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