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
Forcipomyia
(
Pterobosca
)
fusicornis
(Coquillett)
Ceratopogon fusicornis
Coquillett, 1905: 63
(
Florida
)
.
Pterobosca fusicornis
:
Johannsen 1951: 117
(combination).
Forcipomyia
(
Pterobosca
)
fusicornis
:
Wirth 1965: 123
(combination; in Nearctic catalog);
Wilkening et al. 1985: 517
(
Florida
records);
Borkent and Grogan 2009: 9
(in Nearctic catalog; distribution).
Pterobosca floridana
Johannsen, 1950: 143
(
Florida
)
.
Discussion.
Adult females of this southern Nearctic and Caribbean species are ectoparasitic on
Odonata
.
Wilkening et al. (1985)
recorded it from eight counties in
Florida
. We provide the first records from Palm Beach Co.,
four females
that were collected on the dragonfly,
Anax junius
(Drury)
.