Classification > Family
Ceratopogonidae
> Subfamily
Forcipomyiinae
> Genus
Forcipomyia
> Subgenus
Forcipomyia (Euprojoannisia)
Forcipomyia (Euprojoannisia) unica Bystrak & Wirth, 1978
photomicrograph female Paratype (BMNH)
Geographic distribution
Distribution
Record
- Argentina
- Corrientes
- Misiones
Other distribution
USA (Florida, South Carolina)
Bahamas
Bahamas
unica Bystrak & Wirth, 1978: 44 (male, female). Type locality: USA, Florida, Alachua Co., Gainesville, Chantilly Acres. HT M (USNM). Distr.- USA (Florida), Bahamas, Argentina (Corrientes: Estancia San Nicolás, casco, 28°07'41.0''S, 57°26'03.5''W, 64 m). Refs.: Spinelli et al., 2012b: 886.
Diagnosis. Male can be identified by its normal hindbasitarsus, high-arched aedeagus with triangular valve, and basistylar apodemes joined by straight bar. Female is unique among known American species in that it has only one spermatheca.
Diagnosis. Male can be identified by its normal hindbasitarsus, high-arched aedeagus with triangular valve, and basistylar apodemes joined by straight bar. Female is unique among known American species in that it has only one spermatheca.
- BYSTRAK, P. G. & W. W. WIRTH. 1978. The North American species of Forcipomyia, subgenus Euprojoannisia (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). U.S. Dept. Agric., Tech. Bull. 1591: 1-51.
