Forcipomyia (Microhelea) fuliginosa (Meigen, 1818)

El-Hawagry, Magdi S., El-Azab, Salah El-Din A., Abdel-Dayem, Mahmoud S. & Al Dhafer, Hathal M., 2020, Biting midges of Egypt (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), Biodiversity Data Journal 8, pp. 52357-52357 : 52357

Forcipomyia (Microhelea) fuliginosa (Meigen, 1818)

Ceratopogon fuliginosa Meigen, 1818 [ Meigen 1818: 86]. Type locality: Germany.

Ceratopogon villosa Zetterstedt, 1850 [ Zetterstedt 1850: 3645]. Type locality: Sweden.

Ceratopogon crudelis Karsch, 1886 [ Karsch 1886: 18]. Type locality: Germany.

Ceratopogon hirtipes de Meijere, 1907 [ De Meijere 1907: 209]. Type locality: Indonesia.

Forcipomyia brevimana Lundström, 1910 [ Lundström 1910: 32]. Type locality: Finland.

Ceratopogon inornatipennis Austen, 1912 [ Austen 1912: 107]. Type locality: Nigeria.

Forcipomyia bipunctata var. obscura Santos Abreu, 1918 [ Santos Abreu 1918: 276], preoccupied by Forcipomyia obscura ( Walker 1848). Type locality: Canary Islands (Spain).

Ceratopogon alboclavata Kieffer, 1919 [ Kieffer 1919: 12]. Type locality: Slovak Republic.

Ceratopogon canaliculata Goetghebuer, 1920 [ Goetghebuer 1920: 110]. Type locality: Belgium.

Forcipomyia nilotheres Macfie, 1924 [ Macfie 1924: 62]. Type locality: Egypt (Nile at Assiout).

Forcipomyia inornatipennis var. ornaticrus Ingram and Macfie, 1924 [ Ingram and Macfie 1924: 577], preoccupied by Forcipomyia ornaticrus Kieffer 1912. Type locality: Ghana.

Forcipomyia atripennis Goetghebuer, 1935 [ Goetghebuer 1935: 149]. Type locality: Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Forcipomyia auripila Goetghebuer, 1935 [ Goetghebuer 1935: 150]. Type locality: Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Forcipomyia curtimana Goetghebuer, 1935 [ Goetghebuer 1935: 151]. Type locality: Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Forcipomyia grisescens Goetghebuer, 1935 [ Goetghebuer 1935: 154]. Type locality: Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Forcipomyia vicina Goetghebuer, 1935 [ Goetghebuer 1935: 161]. Type locality: Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Forcipomyia longiradialis Tokunaga, 1940 [ Tokunaga 1940: 66]. Type locality: Japan.

Forcipomyia takagii Tokunaga, 1941 [ Tokunaga 1941: 90]. Type locality: China.

Lasiohelea wansoni Harant and Baur, 1946 [ Harant and Baur 1946: 141], preoccupied by Forcipomyia wansoni De Meillon 1939. Type locality: Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: individualCount: 1; sex: male; lifeStage: adult; disposition: personal collection of El-Hawagry; Taxon: scientificName: Forcipomyiafuliginosa (Meigen, 1818); kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Ceratopogonidae; Location: continent: Africa; country: Egypt; stateProvince: Giza; locality: Cairo University ; Event: samplingProtocol: light trap; eventTime: 15 Jan 1996

Distribution

AF: Widely distributed in AF, NE, NEO, OR and PA.

Local distribution in Egypt: Lower Nile Valley & Delta: El-Badrasheen, Giza. Upper Nile. Valley: Assiout. Western Desert: El-Bustan.

Dates of collection in Egypt: December & April.