Forcipomyia (Synthyridomyia) murina (Winnertz, 1852)

El-Hawagry, Magdi S., El-Azab, Salah El-Din A., Abdel-Dayem, Mahmoud S. & Al Dhafer, Hathal M., 2020, Biting midges of Egypt (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), Biodiversity Data Journal 8, pp. 52357-52357 : 52357

Forcipomyia (Synthyridomyia) murina (Winnertz, 1852)

Ceratopogon murinus Winnertz, 1852 [ Winnertz 1852: 26]. Type locality: Europe.

Helea murina var. abdominalis Santos Abreu, 1918 [ Santos Abreu 1918: 265]. Type locality: Canary Islands (Spain).

Apelma aurosparsum Kieffer, 1919 [ Kieffer 1919: 65]. Type locality: Hungary.

Forcipomyia sulfurea Kieffer, 1923 [ Kieffer 1923a: 664]. Type locality: Algeria.

Forcipomyia hirtipalpis Kieffer, 1924 [ Kieffer 1924b: 392]. Type locality: France.

Forcipomyia sate Kieffer, 1925 [ Kieffer 1925c: 245]. Type locality: Egypt.

Forcipomyia longitarsis Tokunaga, 1940 [ Tokunaga 1940: 92], preoccupied by Forcipomyia longitarsis (Malloch 1915b). Type locality: Taiwan.

Forcipomyia moascari Macfie, 1943 [ Macfie 1943: 147]. Type locality: Egypt.

Forcipomyia attonsa Goetghebuer, 1950 [ Goetghebuer 1950: 1]. Type locality: Belgium.

Forcipomyia tokunagai Wirth, 1973: 356 [ Wirth 1973], preoccupied by Forcipomyia tokunagai ( Oka and Asahina 1948). New name for longitarsis .

Forcipomyia submurina Remm, 1980 [ Remm 1980: 115], as sibmurina, as subspecies of murina . Type locality: Russia.

Distribution

Widespread in AF, PA and NE.

Local distribution in Egypt: Coastal Strip: Alexandria (Sidi Gaber). Eastern Desert: Ismailia (Moascar), Suez (Guyot Garden). Lower Nile Valley & Delta: El-Qanatir, Maadi. Upper Nile Valley: Asswan.

Dates of collection in Egypt: August to April.