Dasyhelea griseola Wirth

Grogan, Willliam L., Díaz, Florentina, Spinelli, Gustavo R. & Ronderos, Maria M., 2016, The biting and predaceous midges of Guadeloupe (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). II. Species of the subfamily Dasyheleinae, Zootaxa 4184 (2), pp. 201-254 : 209-210

Dasyhelea griseola Wirth

Dasyhelea griseola Wirth, 1978: 193 (Mexico, Baja California; Panama, Trinidad); Borkent & Spinelli 2000: 25 (in New World catalog south of the USA; distribution); Borkent & Spinelli 2007: 60 (in Neotropical catalog; distribution); Grogan et al. 2010: 23 (Florida records).

Diagnosis. Dasyhelea griseola is similar in size and coloration to D. grisea , but differs in having paler legs including femorotibial joints and an infuscated halter, which is typically white or yellowish in D. grisea . Males of D. griseola are readily distinguished from those of D. grisea by their gonocoxites that lack a mesobasal spur and very short apicolateral processes on tergite 9. Females of D. griseola differ from females of D. grisea by their subgenital plate with a slender distal portion and spherical spermatheca with a slender, oblique neck. In females of D. grisea , the distal portion of their genital sclerotization is broad with an arrowhead-shaped distal portion and their spermatheca is pyriform with a broad tapered, straight neck.

Discussion. This relative of D. grisea was described by Wirth (1978) from Baja California , Mexico (type locality) , Panama and Trinidad. More recently, Grogan et al. (2010) provided the first records of D. griseola in the United States from Levy County, Florida that Wirth identified as this species in the FSCA. We provide the first records of this species in the Caribbean region from Guadeloupe .

Material examined. Guadeloupe, Basse Terre, Pointe a Lezard, 20-V-2012, R. H. Turnbow, BL trap, 1 female ; same data except Trace des Cretes, 26-V-2012, 1 female. New Guadeloupe record.