New records of biting and predaceous midges from Florida, including species new to the fauna of the United States (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)
Author
William L. Grogan, Jr.
Author
Hribar, Lawrence J.
Author
Murphree, C. Steven
Author
Cilek, James E.
text
Insecta Mundi
2010
2010-10-15
2010
147
1
59
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.5352908
1942-1354
5352908
Monohelea texana
Wirth
Monohelea
(
Monohelea
)
texana
Wirth, 1953b: 143
(
Texas
)
;
Wilkening et al. 1985: 525
(
Florida
records).
Monohelea texana
:
Borkent and Grogan 2009: 20
(in Nearctic catalog; distribution).
Discussion.
This species inhabits the extreme southern portion of the
United States
(
Borkent and Grogan 2009
).
Wilkening et al. (1985)
listed it in
Florida
from Alachua, Levy and Orange counties. We provide the first records from Holmes and Manatee counties.
New records.
Holmes Co., Bonefay,
Sept. 1961
, S. B. H.,
1 female
(FSCA). Manatee Co., Bradenton,
Sept. 1961
, S. B. H.,
1 male
(FSCA).