New Neotropical Species of "Stick-Tick" (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from Katydids

Authors

  • Willis W. Wirth
  • J. L. Castner

Abstract

Forcipomyia (Microhelea) tettigonaris Wirth and Castner new species is described from two females captured while attached tick-like to the scutellum of the katydid Roxelana crassicornis (Stal)(Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) near Iquitos, Peru, on the Amazon River. Hosts of the four previously described species of this group of tick-like biting midges have been confined to stick insects (Orthoptera: Phasmatidae). A third female of this species is reported from a katydid in Costa Rica.

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Published

1990-03-01

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Literature Review Articles