Mallochohelea, Wirth, 1962

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 : 45

Mallochohelea ? caudellii (Coquillett)

Ceratopogon caudelli Coquillett, 1905: 63 (British Columbia).

Ceratolophus caudelli: Kieffer 1906: 60 (combination).

Johannseniella caudelli: Malloch 1914b: 231 (combination).

Johannsenomyia caudelli: Malloch 1915a: 337 (combination).

Sphaeromias caudellii: Kieffer 1917: 314 (combination).

Mallochohelea caudellii: Wirth 1962: 281 (combination; distribution); Borkent and Grogan 2009: 24 (in Nearctic catalog; distribution).

Discussion. Wilkening et al. (1985) noted that this western species was originally described from British Columbia and that their record from Jackson Co. was apparently the first from Florida. Our Wakulla Co. female differs in several aspects from two female M. caudellii from British Columbia and Washington that we compared it with, hence our tentative designation of this specimen. Because Wirth (1962) only listed records of M. caudellii from British Columbia, California, Arizona and Texas, we are now doubtful that it actually inhabits Florida.

New records. Wakulla Co., Wakulla Springs State Park, Lodge Road, S. Murphree, 25 May 2004, CDC light trap with UV wand, 1 female (WLGC).