Monohelea maculipennis (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 : 37

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5352908
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5450798
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scientific name	Monohelea maculipennis (Coquillett)
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Monohelea maculipennis (Coquillett) View in CoL

Ceratopogon maculipennis Coquillett, 1905: 64 (Florida) View in CoL .

Monohelea maculipennis: Kieffer 1917: 312 View in CoL (combination); Borkent and Grogan 2009: 20 (in Nearctic catalog; distribution).

Monohelea (Monohelea) maculipennis: Wirth 1953b: 140 View in CoL (review of New World Monohelea Kieffer View in CoL ; distribution); Wilkening et al. 1985: 525 (Florida records).

Discussion. Wilkening et al. (1985) listed this primarily Neotropical species from 19 Florida counties. We provide the first records from Brevard, Broward, Charlotte, Dixie, Gilchrist, Hillsborough, Lake, Martin, Okeechobee, Pasco and St. Johns counties.

New records. Brevard Co., Grant, VIII-1961, S. B. H., 1 male. Broward Co. , Riverland, V-1961, S. B. H., 1 male ( FSCA). Charlotte Co., Punta Gorda, Nov. 1961, S. B. H., 1 female ( FSCA). Dixie Co. , Cross City, IX-1965, S. B. H., 1 female ; 10 miles south of Steinhatchee, CR-361, 24-VII-1982, Paul Choate, 1 female ( FSCA). Gilchrist Co., Suwannee R., 15-VI-1962, G. K. Hicks, 1 female ; same data except no town given, 3 July 1960, 1 female ( FSCA). Hillsborough Co., Harris Swamp, III- 13-IV-1967, 3 females ( FSCA). Lake Co. , Leesburg , June 1961, S. B. H., 1 female, 1 male ( FSCA). Martin Co. , Port Mayaca , V-VI-1961, S. B. H., 1 female ; same data except Salerno, V-VI-1961, 1 female ( FSCA). Okeechobee Co., Okeechobee, June 1961, S. B. H., 1 female ( FSCA). Pasco, Port Richey , June-July 1961, S. B. H., 1 female ( FSCA). St. Johns Co. , Crescent Beach, May 1961, S. B. H., 1 male ( 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.

Coquillett, D. W. 1905. New nematocerous Diptera from North America. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 13: 56 - 69.

Kieffer, J. J. 1917. Chironomides d'Amerique conserves au Musee National Hongrois de Budapest. Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici 15: 292 - 364.

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. 1953 b. American biting midges of the heleid genus Monohelea. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 103: 135 - 154.