Forcipomyia (Caloforcipomyia) glauca Macfie, 1934

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 : 8

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scientific name	Forcipomyia (Caloforcipomyia) glauca Macfie
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Forcipomyia (Caloforcipomyia) glauca Macfie

Forcipomyia glauca Macfie, 1934: 144 ( England). Forcipomyia (Caloforcipomyia) glauca: Utmar and Wirth 1976: 123 (revision of New World

Caloforcipomyia Saunders); Wilkening et al. 1985: 515 (Florida records); Borkent and Grogan 2009:

6 (in Nearctic catalog; distribution). Forcipomyia splendida Wirth, 1951: 315 (Virginia).

Discussion. Wilkening et al. (1985) listed this very common Holarctic species from 22 counties in Florida including Highlands Co.; we provide another record from Highlands Co. as well as the first records from Lee, Nassau and Wakulla counties.

New records. Highlands Co., Lake Placid, Archbold Biological Station, Sept. 1990, W. W. Wirth, at UV light, 1 female. Lee Co., Sanibel Island, 30-XII-1962, Frank Blanton, 1 male (FSCA). Nassau Co., Fernandina (sic as Ferandino), IV-1961, S. B. H., 1 female (FSCA). Wakulla Co., Wakulla Springs State Park, Lodge Road, 25 May 2004, S. Murphree, CDC light trap with UV wand, 1 female (BUTC).

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.

Macfie, J. W. S. 1934. A new British Forcipomyia (Diptera, Ceratopogonidae). Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 70: 144.

Utmar, J. A., and W. W. Wirth. 1976. A revision of the new world species of Forcipomyia, subgenus Caloforcipomyia (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Florida Entomologist 59: 109 - 133.

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.