Atrichopogon (Atrichopogon) levis (Coquillett)

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 : 5

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scientific name	Atrichopogon (Atrichopogon) levis (Coquillett)
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Atrichopogon (Atrichopogon) levis (Coquillett) View in CoL

Ceratopogon levis Coquillett, 1901: 604 (Maryland) View in CoL .

Culicoides levis: Kieffer 1906: 54 (combination).

Atrichopogon levis: Johannsen 1943: 777 View in CoL (combination).

Atrichopogon (Atrichopogon) levis: Wirth 1965: 123 View in CoL (in Nearctic catalog; distribution); Wilkening et al. 1985: 514 (Florida records); Borkent and Grogan 2009: 5 (in Nearctic catalog; distribution).

Ceratopogon exilis Coquillett, 1902: 86 View in CoL (Washington D. C.).

Discussion. Wilkening et al. (1985) listed this common Nearctic species in Florida from Alachua, Dade, Leon and Levy counties. We provide the first records from Charlotte, Dixie, Gilchrist, Hardee, Highlands, Hillsborough, Liberty, Martin, Putnam and St. Lucie counties.

New records. Charlotte Co., Englewood Beach, 16 June 1960, W. Jernigan, 1 male ( FSCA). Dixie Co., Steinhatchee, Oct 1961, S. B. H., 1 female ( FSCA). Gilchrist Co. , Trenton, VIII-1961, S. B. H., 1 female ( FSCA). Hardee Co. , Wauchulla, 17 April 1961, S. B. H., 1 female ( FSCA). Highlands Co. , Archbold Biological Station , 13-19 April 1989, W. W. Wirth, light trap, 2 females ; Lake Placid, Archbold Biological Station , W. W. Wirth, at UV light, 6 females ( FSCA). Hillsborough Co., Tampa , Sept. 1961, S. B. H., 1 female ( FSCA). Liberty Co. , Torreya St. Park, 20-V-1966, H. V. Weems, 2 females ( FSCA). Martin Co. , Stuart, 25-XI-1961, S. B. H., 1 female ( FSCA). Putnam Co. , E. Palatka, V-1961, S. B. H., 2 females ( FSCA). St. Lucie Co. , (no locality given), 20-VIII-1986, R. L. Escher, 1 male, 1 female ( WLGC) .

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.

Coquillett, D. W. 1901. New Diptera in the U. S. National Museum. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 23: 593 - 618.

Coquillett, D. W. 1902. New Diptera from North America. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 25: 83 - 126.

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.

Kieffer, J. J. 1906. Diptera. Fam. Chironomidae. In: P. Wytsman (ed.). Genera Insectorum. Fasc. 42: 1 - 78, 4 pls.

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. 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.

Abbreviations

FSCA	Florida State Collection of Arthropods, The Museum of Entomology
UV	Departamento de Biologia de la Universidad del Valle
V	Royal British Columbia Museum - Herbarium
R	Departamento de Geologia, Universidad de Chile