Paryphoconus aemulus Macfie, 1940

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 : 116-117

Paryphoconus aemulus Macfie

Paryphoconus aemulus Macfie, 1940: 180 (female; Guyana); Borkent and Spinelli, 2007: 97 (in Neotropical catalogue), Borkent, 2012: 167 (online catalogue).

Distribution

Brazil (Amazonas, Mato Grosso), Guyana, Peru.

Material examined

Brazil, Amazonas , Iranduba , Ilha da Marchantaria, Lago Camaleão, S. auriculata , 27 July 2010, Marino, Díaz and Torreias, 1 male (reared in laboratory, with pupal exuvia) .

Comments

The genus Paryphoconus is exclusively Neotropical ( Borkent and Spinelli 2007). Their pupae are very poorly known, and the larvae are unknown. The genus is presently known by 41 species with 22 records throughout the Amazon region, of which 17 occur in the Brazilian Amazon, from Amazonas, Mato Grosso, Pará and Rondônia States ( Borkent and Spinelli 2007; Mauad and Spinelli 2011). Recently, Ronderos et al. (2007a) recorded the occurrence of Paryphoconus oliveirai Lane within the Manaus city limits, the pupae of which were collected in polluted urban streams.