Atrichopogon (Atrichopogon) endemicus Spinelli & Marino, 2006
 
Geographic distribution
Distribution
Record
  • Argentina
    • Buenos Aires
    • Chubut
    • Córdoba
    • Río Negro
    • San Luis
Other distribution
Chile
 
endemicus Spinelli & Marino, in Spinelli et al., 2006: 304 (male, female). Type locality: Argentina, Río Negro, meseta de Somuncura, estancia El Rincón, 40°59'24.1''S, 66°40'35.7''W, 620 m. HT M (MLPA). Distr.: Chile, Argentina (San Luis: Merlo, Reserva Municipal Arroyo El Molino, 32º21'09.7''S, 64º57'11.3''W, 1240 m. Buenos Aires: Sierra de la Ventana, arroyo Napostá Grande, 38º08'44.2''S, 62º05'32.7'', 300 m; Sierra de la Ventana, Reserva Parque Provincial Ernesto Tornquist, arroyo de la clausura, 38º02'46.1''S, 61º59'10.1''W; Sierra de la Ventana, arroyo Belisario, 38º05'18.7''S, 61º55'46.9''W, 376; Sierra de la Ventana, arroyo Napostá Chico o Bajo Hondo, 38°12'00”S, 62°01'00W''. Río Negro: type locality; meseta de Somuncura, Chipauquil, vertiente arroyo Valcheta, 40°58'25''S, 66°39'14.7''W, 630 m; meseta de Somuncura, Estancia La Rinconada, vertientes arroyo Comi Có, 41°08'35.1''S, 67°27'34.6''W, 1000 m; meseta de Somuncura, vertiente y chorrillo, Estancia Jaguar Musso, Paraje Chasicó, 41°08'28''S, 67°35'43.9''W, 961 m. Chubut: meseta de Somuncura, arroyo Telsen, 42°28'35.2''S, 66°52'8''W, 276 m). Refs.: Spinelli et al., 2006: 304; Muzón et al., 2010: 113; Spinelli et al., 2010: 128; Marino et al., 2011: 201.
NEW RECORDS:
Córdoba: paraje Las Jarillas, río San Antonio, 31º32'02.8''S, 64º33'01.7''W, 820 m.


Diagnosis. The only species of Atrichopogon from Patagonia with the following combinatioil of characters: male with fifth palpal segment rounded; scutum and abdominal terga with pattern of pigmentation; aedeagal-parameral complex composed only of ventral portion, with conical posteromedial lobe, basal arch striated, extending to 1/2 of total length. Female: fifth palpal segment rounded; sculum and abdominal terga with pattern of pigmentation; wing with many macrotrichiae in apical portion of cell r3 and a few in cell m1.

  • SPINELLI, G. R., P. I. MARINO & P. POSADAS. 2006. The Patagonian species of the genus Atrichopogon Kieffer, with a biogeographic analysis based on Forcipomyiinae (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Insect Syst. Evol. 37(3): 301-324.:307.
  • SPINELLI, G. R., P. I. MARINO & A. L. GADDI. 2010. New records of biting midges from Argentina and Chile (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina 69(1-2): 127-132.:128.
  • MARINO, P. I., A. TOTHOVÁ & G. R. SPINELLI. 2011. Two new Patagonian species of Atrichopogon (Meloehelea) (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Zootaxa. 2777: 61-68.:201.
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