The biting and predaceous midges of Guadeloupe Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). I. Species of the subfamily Ceratopogoninae
Author
William L. Grogan, Jr.
Author
Spinelli
Author
Ronderos, María M.
Author
Carla
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Insecta Mundi
2013
2013-10-11
2013
324
1
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.5178313
1942-1354
5178313
442766FB-22D8-4ED3-B014-B81A83BC6A8D
Stilobezzia
(
Stilobezzia
)
thomsenae
Wirth
Stilobezzia
(
Stilobezzia
)
thomsenae
Wirth, 1953: 83 (
Florida
)
;
Borkent and Spinelli 2000: 55
(in New World catalog south of the
USA
; distribution);
Borkent and Spinelli 2007: 87
(in Neotropical Catalog; distribution);
Grogan et al. 2010: 41
(new
Florida
records; comparison with
S
.
bulla
Thomsen
).
Stilobezzia scutata
Lane and Forrattini, 1961: 92 (
Panama
)
.
Discussion.
Wirth’s (1953) original description of this species was based on
two specimens
from Florida, the
holotype
male from Collier Co., and a female from Citrus Co. about which he stated “…is provisionally referred to
S
.
(
S
.)
thomsenae
, since it resembles the male in coloration, although it may prove to be a dark specimen of
S
.
(
S
.)
bulla
.” Under “diagnostic characters” for
S. thomsenae
, Wirth (1953)
noted that it was “Very closely related to, and almost indistinguishable from
bulla
Thomsen
, except for the very characteristic male genitalia.” This species is also known from
Panama
and
Yucatan
,
Mexico
(
Borkent and Spinelli 2007
).
Grogan et al. (2010)
reported on additional records of this species from Florida and new records from
Jamaica
in the FSCA and noted that both sexes of
S. thomsenae
lack a fringe of macrotrichia on their anterior wing margin that is present in males and females of their very similar related Nearctic species,
S
.
bulla
Thomsen. We
provide the first records of this primarily Neotropical predaceous midge from Guadeloupe.
New records.
Guadeloupe
,
Basse Terre
,
Bois Malher
,
9-IX-2010
,
MC
Thomas
&
RH Turnbow
,
Blacklight trap
,
4 males
,
5 females
;
same data except
Corrosol
,
8-IX-2010
,
5 males
,
4 females
;
same data except
Pigeon
,
9-IX-2010
,
3 males
,
1 female
;
same data except NE
Pigeon
(
16.14404° N
,
61.74977° W
),
18-V-2012
,
R
. H.
Turnbow
,
BL trap
,
1 male
,
1 female
;
same data except
Trace des Cretes
(D-14),
22-V-2012
,
2 males
,
2 females
.
New
Guadeloupe
record
.