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
(
Lepidohelea
)
acinacis
Wirth and Spinelli
Forcipomyia
(
Lepidohelea
)
acinacis
Wirth and Spinelli, 1993b: 615
(
Maryland
)
;
Borkent and Grogan 2009: 8
(in Nearctic catalog; distribution).
Discussion.
This recently described species inhabits southern
Canada
and the eastern
United States
(
Borkent and Grogan 2009
). It is only known in
Florida
by a male collected in Alachua Co. (
Wirth and Spinelli 1993b
).