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
Downeshelea multilineata
(Lutz)
Palpomyia multilineata
Lutz, 1914: 93
(
Brazil
)
.
Monohelea multilineata
:
Johannsen 1943: 781
(combination).
Monohelea
(
Allohelea
)
multilineata
:
Wilkening et al. 1985: 524
(
Florida
records).
Downeshelea multilineata
:
Wirth and Grogan 1988: 52
(combination);
Borkent and Spinelli 2000: 47
(in Neotropical catalog; distribution);
Borkent and Grogan 2009: 20
(in Nearctic catalog; distribution).
Discussion.
This Neotropical species is known from
Panama
,
Guyana
,
Brazil
and
Puerto Rico
(
Borkent and Spinelli 2000
).
Wilkening et al. (1985)
provided the first record of this species from the
United States
, a female from Lee Co., Sanibel Island,
Florida
collected during 1963 by G. Quinn (USNM).