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
Dasyhelea scissurae
Macfie
Dasyhelea scissurae
Macfie, 1937: 15
(
Trinidad
)
;
Borkent and Spinelli 2000: 26
(in Neotropical catalog; distribution);
Borkent and Grogan 2009: 11
(in Nearctic catalog; distribution).
Dasyhelea koenigi
Delécolle and Rieb, 1994: 267
(
Guadeloupe
)
;
Borkent and Spinelli 2000: 26
(in Neotropical catalog).
NEW SYNONYM.
Discussion.
Borkent and Spinelli (2000)
and
Borkent and Grogan (2009)
listed this Neotropical species from
Florida
. However, the bases for these inclusions are unknown, and therefore, we provide the first definitive records of
D. scissurae
from
Florida
and the
United States
. In addition, the illustrations of the male genitalia of
D
.
koenigi
Delécolle and Rieb (1994)
described from the male
holotype
and female
allotype
from Guadeloupe are virtually identical with illustrations of the male genitalia of
D
.
scissurae
described by
Macfie (1937)
from
Trinidad
. We consider them conspecific, and therefore,
Dasyhelea koenigi
Delécolle and Rieb
is a junior objective synonym of
Dasyhelea scissurae
Macfie
(
NEW SYNONYM
).
New records.
Dade Co., Homestead,
17-X-1984
, R. Woodruff and L. Stange, UVLT,
4 males
(FSCA).
New continental
US
record.