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Ceratopogonidae
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Forcipomyiinae
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Forcipomyia
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Forcipomyia (Euprojoannisia)
Forcipomyia (Euprojoannisia) platensis (Brèthes), 1914
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Distribution
Record
- Argentina
- Buenos Aires
- Córdoba
- Corrientes
- Misiones
Other distribution
platensis (Brèthes), 1914: 156 (Euprojoannisia; female). Type locality: Argentina, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Estación General Urquiza, 34°34'29.38"S, 58°29'16.29"W. HT F (MACN). Distr.: Argentina (Misiones: PN Iguazú, 25º39'S, 54º18'W; Posadas, 27°24'26.66"S, 55°57'29.29"W; Posadas, club San Francisco, 27°23'31.20"S, 55°55'59.37"W. Córdoba: paraje Las Jarillas, río San Antonio, 31º32'02.8''S, 64º33'01.7''W, 820 m. Corrientes: Esteros del Iberá, Estancia San Nicolás, casco, 28º07'41.0''S, 57º26'03.5''W. Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires: type locality. Buenos Aires: Ensenada, Reserva Natural Integral Punta Lara, selva marginal, 34º47'21.2''S, 57º59'56.8''W; same data except pastizal, 34°48'01.36"S, 58°00'26.26"W; La Plata, 34°55'13.78"S, 57°57'12.84"W; Berisso, Los Talas, 34°52'16.47''S, 57°51'8.76''W; Punta Indio, arroyo Villoldo, 35°15'56.77"S, 57°15'34.19"W). Refs.: Brèthes, 1914: 156; Spinelli, 1983a: 127; Cazorla et al., 2018: 4; Spinelli, 2019: 38.
galliarii Marino & Spinelli, 1999a: 5 (as belonging to the subgenus Metaforcipomyia Malloch). Type locality: Argentina, Misiones, Aristóbulo del Valle, arroyo Cuña Pirú, 27°05'16.30"S, 54°57'8.64"W. HT F (MLPA).
NOTE: Spinelli (2019) pointed out that the female specimens from Escobar and the male specimen from Villa la Ñata in Buenos Aires province recorded by Spinelli (1983a) as F. platensis were misidentified, and actually belong to an undescribed species.
galliarii Marino & Spinelli, 1999a: 5 (as belonging to the subgenus Metaforcipomyia Malloch). Type locality: Argentina, Misiones, Aristóbulo del Valle, arroyo Cuña Pirú, 27°05'16.30"S, 54°57'8.64"W. HT F (MLPA).
NOTE: Spinelli (2019) pointed out that the female specimens from Escobar and the male specimen from Villa la Ñata in Buenos Aires province recorded by Spinelli (1983a) as F. platensis were misidentified, and actually belong to an undescribed species.
- BRETHES, J. 1914. Descripción de seis Cecidomyidae (Dipt.) de Buenos Aires. An. Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires. 26: 151-156.
- SPINELLI, G. R. 1983a. Notas sobre Ceratopogonidae (Diptera, Nematocera) de la República Argentina. II. Nuevos aportes al conocimiento del género Forcipomyia Meigen. Neotrópica. 29: 121-129.
- CAZORLA, C.G., P.I. MARINO, F. DÍAZ, F. & R. E. CAMPOS.. . 2018. Diversity of Ceratopogonidae (Diptera: Culicomorpha) from the Reserva Integral Natural Punta Lara (Buenos Aires, Argentina. Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina. 77: 1–13.
- SPINELLI, G. R. 2019. Synonymy in Neotropical Ceratopogonidae (Diptera: Culicomorpha). Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina. 78(3): 38-39
