Palpomyia sp.

Torreias, S. R. S., Ferreira-Keppler, R. L. & Ronderos, M. M., 2013, Biting midges (Ceratopogonidae: Diptera) present in aquatic macrophytes from wetlands of Marchantaria Island, Iranduba, Central Amazonia, Brazil, Journal of Natural History 48 (1 - 2), pp. 109-122 : 116

Palpomyia sp.

Material examined

Brazil, Amazonas , Iranduba , Ilha da Marchantaria, Lago Grande, P. stratiotes , 14 March 2011, Torreias col., 1 female (reared in laboratory, with pupal exuvia) .

Comments

In the Neotropical region the genus is represented by 46 species, nine recorded from the Amazon region. In the Brazilian Amazon, this genus is represented only by four species: Palpomyia oliverai Lane , Palpomyia paraensis Lane , Palpomyia pseudolacustris Dippolito and Spinelli , Palpomyia versicolor Macfie , with records from Pará and Rondônia States ( Borkent and Spinelli 2007). For the first time the genus has been recorded in the Amazonas State. The immature stages of the genus are poorly known. Only two larvae and six pupae were formally described ( Ronderos et al. 2004). Larvae of Palpomyia are active and present in water columns in many aquatic and semiaquatic environments ( Spinelli and Wirth 1993). Identification to species was not possible because only one female was collected.