Monohelea maculipennis (Coquillett, 1905)

Alves Santarem, Maria Clara, Aragao Cardoso, Erick, de Souza Pinto, Israel & Felippe-Bauer, Maria Luiza, 2022, New species and new records of Monohelea Kieffer (Diptera, Ceratopogonidae) from Brazil, ZooKeys 1136, pp. 175-185 : 175

Monohelea maculipennis (Coquillett, 1905)

Ceratopogon maculipennis Coquillett, 1905: 64 (female, Fla.)

Monohelea maculipennis : Kieffer 1917: 312; Wirth 1953: 140 (redescr.; Mexico, Guatemala, Panama records; figs wing, female hind leg, male genitalia; discus.); Lane and Wirth 1964: 227 (distrib.; USA, Bahamas, Ecuador records; figs female hind leg, parameres; dimorphism); Wirth and Williams 1964: 308 (distrib.; fig. parameres; dimorphism); Wirth 1974: 41 (in catalog); Wirth and Grogan 1988: 69 (type locality); Borkent and Wirth 1997: 102 (in catalog); Felippe-Bauer 1998: 228 (Brazil records); Borkent and Spinelli 2000: 50 (in catalog); Borkent and Spinelli 2007: 83 (in catalog); Felippe-Bauer et al. 2017: 159 (Brazil - Pará record); Borkent and Dominiak 2020: 166 (in catalog); Santarém and Felippe-Bauer 2021: 18 (in Brazilian catalog).

Distribution.

USA (Florida, Louisiana), Mexico (Tamaulipas, Yucatan), Bahamas, Guatemala, Panama, Brazil ( Amapá, Pará, Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro).

New records.

1 male on microscope slide labeled " Monohelea maculipennis (Coquillet), 1905", "Floresta Nacional do Rio Preto, Espírito Santo, BRASIL, 18°21'23.9"S, 39°50'41.4"W, 14/XII/2009, CDC light trap, Pinto, I.S. [leg.]" (CCER#3705); 2 males, same data except "Monumento Natural dos Pontões Capixabas, Palmital de Baixo, Pancas, 19°12'47.0"S, 40°47'20.0"W, 30/IX/2010, mata" (CCER#3706); “Córrego São Bento, Pancas, 19°13'50.0"S, 40°45'24.7"W, 18/X/2010, casa" (CCER#3707); 1 male on microscope slide labeled " Monohelea maculipennis (Coquillet), 1905", “Redenção, Amapá, BRASIL, 24/II/1964, Lacombe D. col." (CCER#3123).