Monohelea macfiei Wirth, 1953

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 : 36-37

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Monohele a (Monohelea) macfiei Wirth, 1953b: 143 (Louisiana) ; Wilkening et al. 1985: 524 (Florida records). Monohelea macfiei: Borkent and Grogan 2009: 20 (in Nearctic catalog; distribution).

Discussion. Wilkening et al. (1985) presented the first record of this wide ranging Nearctic species from Florida (Indian River Co). We provide the first records from Franklin, Jefferson, Highlands and Lee counties.

New records. Franklin Co., nr. Sumatra, Rights’ Lake , G. B. Fairchild, B. L. trap, 1 female ( FSCA). Jefferson Co., Monticello, W. H. Whitcomb, IV-1969, B. L. trap, 2 females ; same data except IX-1969, 2 females, 1 male ; same data except X-1969, 1 male ( FSCA). Highlands Co., Lake Placid , Archbold Biological Station , Sept. 1990, W. W. Wirth, at UV light, 1 female ( FSCA). Lee Co. , Sanibel Island, 11 May 1973, W. W. Wirth, light trap, 1 female ( 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.

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.