Biological Notes and New Synonymy in Forcipomyia (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)
Abstract
Biological notes are given on 2 species of Forcipomyia midges that are parasitized by the hymenopteran genus Forcipestricis Burks (Encyrtidae). Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) picea (Winnertz) (synonym: F. simulata Walley, NEW SYN.) breeds under tree bark in Europe and North America. Forcipomyia (Microhelea) fuliginosa (Meigen) is worldwide in distribution, and larvae have been found under damp tree bark in Brazil, on wood in Puerto Rico, from a mossy log in Costa Rica, from bromeliads in Trinidad, from rotting leaves of Musa in Ghana, and from mosses, liverworts, and algae on a clay bank in Singapore. Forcipomyia intonsa Chan and LeRoux from Singapore is a synonym of F. fuliginosa (NEW SYN.).Downloads
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