Palpomyia subaspera (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 : 52

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5352908
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scientific name	Palpomyia subaspera (Coquillett)
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Palpomyia subaspera (Coquillett) View in CoL

Ceratopogon subasper Coquillett, 1901: 606 View in CoL (Maryland and New Mexico). Palpomyia subasper: Malloch 1914b: 222 View in CoL (combination). Palpomyia subaspera: Grogan and Wirth 1975c: 10 View in CoL (revision of Palpomyia View in CoL in northeastern North America);

Wilkening et al. 1985: 531 (Florida records); Borkent and Grogan 2009: 28 (in Nearctic catalog;

distribution). Palpomyia essigi Wirth, 1952a: 225 (California) .

Discussion. This common New World species ranges from Alberta to Ontario, south to California, Florida and Mexico, south to Argentina ( Borkent and Grogan 2009). Wilkening et al. (1985) listed it from 18 counties in Florida. We provide the first records from Highlands Co.

New records. Highlands Co., Lake Placid , Archbold Biological Station, 8-IX-1989, W. W. Wirth, at UV light, 1 female ; same data except 1-IV-1990, 3 females ; same data except Sept. 1990, 2 females ; same data except Price tract, 1-IV-1990, 1 female ; same data except Buck Island Ranch, Sept. 1990 ; same data except IV-1991, 1 female ( FSCA) .