Forcipomyia (Microhelea) galapagensis, (Coquillett)

Sinclair, Bradley J., 2023, An annotated checklist of the Diptera of the Galápagos Archipelago (Ecuador), Zootaxa 5283 (1), pp. 1-102 : 24

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5283.1.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:FFACFB44-873F-4C12-90CF-D8442910659A

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7926364

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/F3581C07-1909-FF91-D29F-FA97FB8F4E0E

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scientific name

Forcipomyia (Microhelea) galapagensis
status

 

galapagensis (Coquillett) View in CoL

Ceratopogon galapagensis Coquillett, 1901a: 372 View in CoL . Johnson 1924: 86 [records]; Curran 1932: 348 [records].

Dasyhelea galapagensis: Curran 1934: 149 [records].

Forcipomyia fuliginosa View in CoL of authors (misidentification): Wirth 1956: 357 [synonymy]; Linsley & Usinger 1966: 165 [checklist].

Forcipomyia galapagensis: Wirth 1969b: 573 View in CoL [review]; Linsley 1977: 38 [checklist].

Forcipomyia (Microhelea) galapagensis: Wirth 1972: 572 View in CoL [review]; Wirth 1974: 8 [catalogue]; Borkent 1991: 99 [review]; Borkent & Wirth 1997: 44 [catalogue]; Borkent & Dominiak 2020: 91 [catalogue].

Distribution. Endemic. Galápagos: (Baltra?), Española, Fernandina, (Gardner?), Isabela, Marchena (ICCDRS), Pinzón, San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz, Santiago.

Remarks. This species is recorded from the coast to the agricultural zone ( Wirth 1969b). Adults have been collected on the sea surface and in aerial nets between islands ( Peck 1994a, b).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

InfraOrder

Culicomorpha

Family

Ceratopogonidae

Genus

Forcipomyia

SubGenus

Microhelea

Loc

Forcipomyia (Microhelea) galapagensis

Sinclair, Bradley J. 2023
2023
Loc

Forcipomyia (Microhelea) galapagensis:

Borkent, A. & Dominiak, P. 2020: 91
Borkent, A. & Wirth, W. W. 1997: 44
Borkent, A. 1991: 99
Wirth, W. W. 1974: 8
Wirth, W. W. 1972: 572
1972
Loc

Forcipomyia galapagensis:

Linsley, E. G. 1977: 38
Wirth, W. W. 1969: 573
1969
Loc

Forcipomyia fuliginosa

Linsley, E. G. & Usinger, R. L. 1966: 165
Wirth, W. W. 1956: 357
1956
Loc

Dasyhelea galapagensis:

Curran, C. H. 1934: 149
1934
Loc

Ceratopogon galapagensis

Curran, C. H. 1932: 348
Johnson, C. W. 1924: 86
Coquillett, D. W. 1901: 372
1901
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