Forcipomyia (Euprojoannisia)

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 : 114-115

Forcipomyia (Euprojoannisia) sp.

Material examined

Brazil, Amazonas , Iranduba , Ilha da Marchantaria, Lago Grande, S. auriculata , 17 May 2011, Torreias col., 1 male (reared in laboratory, without pupal exuvia) ;

20 May 2011, S. auriculata, Torreias and Ferreira-Keppler , 2 females (reared in laboratory, with pupal exuvia).

Comments

Forcipomyia is another cosmopolitan genus whose species are found in aquatic and semi-aquatic environments. The subgenus Euprojoannisia holds 17 valid species, five being recorded in Brazil ( Borkent and Spinelli 2007). The pupae were collected using flotation techniques associated with S. auriculata . Identification to species was not possible because of the bad condition of the emerged male.