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Ceratopogonidae
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Forcipomyiinae
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Forcipomyia
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Forcipomyia (Metaforcipomyia)
Forcipomyia (Metaforcipomyia) cerifera Saunders, 1957
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Geographic distribution
Distribution
Record
- Argentina
- Misiones
Other distribution
Brazil, Rio de Janeiro
cerifera Saunders, 1957: 685 (larva, pupa, male, female). Type locality: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro.
HT F (CNCI). Distr.: Brazil (Rio de Janeiro), Argentina (Misiones: Campo Viera, 27°21'57.62"S, 55° 2'51.86"W). Refs.: Marino & Spinelli, 1999a: 4.
Diagnosis. Species recognized by the following combination of characters: basal flagellomeres of female antenna flask-shaped, 11-14 not elongated; third palpal segment slightly swollen with shallow sensory pit, fourth and fifth segments completely fused; scutum brown, scutellum dark brown; wing without spots; two pyriform spermathecae slightly unequal; male aedeagus stout, as long as basal breadth, tip bilobated.
HT F (CNCI). Distr.: Brazil (Rio de Janeiro), Argentina (Misiones: Campo Viera, 27°21'57.62"S, 55° 2'51.86"W). Refs.: Marino & Spinelli, 1999a: 4.
Diagnosis. Species recognized by the following combination of characters: basal flagellomeres of female antenna flask-shaped, 11-14 not elongated; third palpal segment slightly swollen with shallow sensory pit, fourth and fifth segments completely fused; scutum brown, scutellum dark brown; wing without spots; two pyriform spermathecae slightly unequal; male aedeagus stout, as long as basal breadth, tip bilobated.
- SAUNDERS, L. G. 1957. Revision of the genus Forcipomyia based on characters of all stages (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Canadian Journal of Zoology. 34: 657-705 (1956).
- MARINO, P. I. & G. R. SPINELLI. 1999a. The subgenus Forcipomyia (Metaforcipomyia) in Argentina (Diptera, Ceratopogonidae). Iheringia Serie Zoología. 86: 3-8.
