Forcipomyia (Metaforcipomyia) pluvialis Malloch, 1923

William L. Grogan, Jr., Hribar, Lawrence J., Murphree, C. Steven & Cilek, James E., 2010, New records of biting and predaceous midges from Florida, including species new to the fauna of the United States (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), Insecta Mundi 2010 (147), pp. 1-59 : 16

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scientific name	Forcipomyia (Metaforcipomyia) pluvialis Malloch
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Forcipomyia (Metaforcipomyia) pluvialis Malloch View in CoL

Forcipomyia pluvialis Malloch, 1923: 5 (Maryland) View in CoL .

Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) pluvialis: Johannsen 1943: 778 View in CoL ; Wirth 1951: 314 (redescription; Virginia, Louisiana, Panama).

Forcipomyia (Metaforcipomyia) pluvialis: Wirth 1965: 125 View in CoL (in Nearctic catalog; distribution); Wilkening et al. 1985: 517 (Florida records); Grogan and Sigrist 2007: 536 (redescription; USNM Nearctic records); Borkent and Grogan 2009: 8 (in Nearctic catalog; distribution).

Discussion. This common woodland species occurs from Ontario and New Brunswick, south to Louisiana and Florida ( Borkent and Grogan 2009). Wilkening et al. (1985) recorded it in Florida from Alachua, Gulf, Indian River, Levy, and Monroe counties. We provide the first record from Highlands Co.

New records. Highlands Co., Lake Placid, Archbold Biological Station, 1-IV-1993, W. W. Wirth, at UV light, 1 female (P) (FSCA).

References

Borkent, A., and W. L. Grogan, Jr. 2009. Catalog of the New World biting midges north of Mexico (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Zootaxa 2273: 1 - 48.

Grogan, W. L., Jr., and E. A. Sigrist. 2007. A new Nearctic species of biting midge in the subgenus Metaforcipomyia Saunders of Forcipomyia Meigen (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 109: 530 - 540.

Johannsen, O. A. 1943. A generic synopsis of the Ceratopogonidae (Heleidae) of the Americas, a bibliography, and a list of the North American species. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 36: 763 - 791.

Malloch, J. R. 1923. A new species of Forcipomyia from the eastern United States (Diptera, Ceratopogonidae). Entomological News 34: 4 - 5.

Wilkening, A. J., D. L. Kline, and W. W. Wirth. 1985. An annotated checklist of the Ceratopogonidae (Diptera) of Florida with a new synonymy. Florida Entomologist 68: 511 - 537.

Wirth, W. W. 1951. New species and records of Virginia Heleidae (Diptera). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 53: 313 - 326.

Wirth, W. W. 1965. Family Ceratopogonidae. p. 121 - 142. In: A. Stone, C. W. Sabrosky, W. W. Wirth, R. H. Foote, J. R. Coulson (eds.). A catalog of the Diptera of America north of Mexico. United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Agriculture Handbook 276: i-iv + 1 - 1696.