Atrichopogon (Atrichopogon) wirthi Chan and Linley

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 : 7

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5352908
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5450651
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scientific name	Atrichopogon (Atrichopogon) wirthi Chan and Linley
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Atrichopogon (Atrichopogon) wirthi Chan and Linley View in CoL

Atrichopogon wirthi Chan and Linley, 1988: 189 (Florida) View in CoL .

Atrichopogon (Atrichopogon) wirthi: Borkent and Grogan 2009: 5 View in CoL (in Nearctic catalog).

Discussion. Soon after Wilkening et al. (1985) summarized the biting midge fauna of Florida, Chan and Linley (1988) described this species from all stages that were collected and/or reared from leaves of water lettuce, Pistia stratiodes Linnaeus , in St. Lucie Co. during 1987. We examined five adult females and two males in the FSCA that Wirth mounted on slides that were reared from the type locality by Chan. We also provide data on additional specimens that were collected on water lettuce and reared to adults by R. L. Escher during 1987 that were sent to WLG to identify. We are not certain if these specimens originated from the type locality, regardless, this species is still only known from St. Lucie Co.

New records. St. Lucie Co., Ft. Pierce, 27 May 1987, R. L. Escher, ex. Pistia stratiodes , 3 females, 2 males ( WLGC; FLKC) .