Dasyhelea luteogrisea Wirth & Williams

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 : 210

Dasyhelea luteogrisea Wirth & Williams

Dasyhelea luteogrisea Wirth & Williams, 1957: 10 (Bermuda; Bahamas; Florida & Texas); Davies & Giglioli 1979: 592 (Grand Cayman); Wilkening et al. 1985: 518 (Florida records); Borkent & Spinelli 2000: 25 (in New World catalog south of the USA; distribution); Borkent & Spinelli 2007: 60 (in Neotropical catalog; distribution).

Diagnosis. Males and females are nearly morphologically identical to males and females of D. grisea but differ from that species in being yellowish overall, but, males have a dark brown gonostylus.

Discussion. Wirth & Williams (1957) described this yellowish relative of D. grisea from Bermudae (type locality), the Bahamas, and coastal sites in Florida, Louisiana and Texas . Wirth & Williams noted that “ This species is evidently a salt marsh relative of Dasyhelea grisea (Coquillett) , with which it occasionally occurs, but without showing evidence of interbreeding.” Wilkening et al. (1985) listed Florida records from Miami-Dade , Levy , Monroe and Palm Beach counties. We compared a male and female from Guadeloupe that apparently belong to this species with Florida specimens from Levy and Monroe counties and 3 male and 3 female paratypes from Bermuda borrowed from the USNM.

Material examined. Guadeloupe, Basse Terre, Traces de Cretes (D-14), 22-V-2012, R. H. Turnbow, BL trap, 1 male, 1 female . New Guadeloupe record.