Atrichopogon (Atrichopogon) maculosus Ewen, 1958

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 : 5

Atrichopogon (Atrichopogon) maculosus Ewen

Atrichopogon maculosus Ewen , in Ewen and Saunders, 1958: 689 (Saskatchewan).

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

Discussion. This Nearctic species is only known from Saskatchewan, Virginia, Maryland and Florida ( Borkent and Grogan 2009). Wilkening et al. (1985) only listed it in Florida from Levy Co. We provide the first records from Alachua, Charlotte, Gilchrist, Hardee and Liberty counties.

New records. Alachua Co., Gainesville , 22 June 1960, Gerald Hicks, 5 females ; same data except V- 1963, F. S. Blanton, 1 male ; same data except April 1960, Sathena Cabler, bird nest, 2 females ( FSCA). Charlotte Co., Englewood Beach , 16-VI-1966, Jernigan, 1 female ( FSCA). Gilchrist Co., Suwannee R., V- VI-1962, G. R. Hicks, 7 females, 4 males; (no locality given) , 3 July 1960, Gerald Hicks, 1 female ( FSCA). Hardee Co., Wauchulla , 6 June 1961, S. B. H., 5 females, 2 males ; same data except 13 June 1960, W. Jernigan, 1 male ( FSCA). Liberty Co., Torreya St. Park, 4-VII-1965, H. V. Weems, 2 males, same data except: 20-V-1966, 10 females, 7 males, same data except 15-IV-1957, F. S. Blanton, 1 female ( FSCA) .