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Ceratopogonidae
> Subfamily
Ceratopogoninae
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Ceratopogonini
> Genus
Austrohelea
Austrohelea shannoni (Wirth & Blanton, 1972)
photomicrographs adult male
Geographic distribution
Distribution
Record
- Argentina
- Río Negro
- Tierra del Fuego
Other distribution
Chile
shannoni (Wirth & Blanton), 1972: 175 (Monohelea; female). Type locality: Argentina, Río Negro, Bariloche, 41°08’0.50”S, 71°18'37.00"W. HT F (USNM). Distr.- Chile, Argentina (Río Negro: lago Escondido, Llao Llao, 41°03'37.99"S, 71°33'57.44"W; 6 km W southern shore lago Mascardi, 41°21'1.70"S, 71°35'58.48"W. Tierra del Fuego: Rt. to Lapataia, 10 km W Ushuahia, peat bog, 54°50'29.95"S, 68°30'58.97"W; 1 km N río Tristén, 54°43'45.07"S 67°56'57.78"W, 170 m; 55 km E Ushuaia, Estancia La Vega, 54°36'36.42"S67°43'29.65"W). Refs.: Spinelli & Grogan, 1999: 709; Ronderos et al., 2017a: 257.
The distribution of A. shannoni is extended to the southernmost region of South America. (Ronderos et al, 2017). This species is known from Nothofagus forests of Río Negro and Tierra del Fuego provinces,
Argentina, and on Wollaston Island, Chile.
The distribution of A. shannoni is extended to the southernmost region of South America. (Ronderos et al, 2017). This species is known from Nothofagus forests of Río Negro and Tierra del Fuego provinces,
Argentina, and on Wollaston Island, Chile.
- WIRTH, W. W. & F. S. BLANTON. 1972. A new Patagonian biting midge of the the genus Monohelea, Isthmohelea (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Florida Entomology. 55: 173-176.:173-176.
- SPINELLI, G. R. & W. L. GROGAN. 1999. A new species of Macrurohelea Ingram and Macfie, and new records of biting midges of the tribes Culicoidini and Ceratopogonini (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from Tierra del Fuego and the Magallanes. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Washington. 101: 708-713.:709.
- RONDEROS, M. M., G. R.SPINELLI & W. L. GROGAN. 2017. The Neotropical speciews of the predaceous midge genus Austrohelea Wirth & Grogan (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Zootaxa, Brasil. 4276 (2):255-269:257.
