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Forcipomyiinae
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Forcipomyia
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Forcipomyia (Metaforcipomyia)
Forcipomyia (Metaforcipomyia) morenoi Marino & Spinelli, 2003
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Geographic distribution
Distribution
Record
- Argentina
- Neuquén
Other distribution
morenoi Marino & Spinelli, 2003: 26 (male). Type locality: Argentina, Neuquén, PN Lanin, Hua Hum, 40°7'13.34"S, 71°39'41.41"W. HT M (MLPA). Distr.: Argentina (Neuquén: type locality). Refs.: Marino & Spinelli, 2003: 26.
Diagnosis. A large-sized, brown species with fourth and fifth segments incompletely fused; wing without a pattern of pale and dark spots, fork of medial-cubital situated proximad to the level of end of costa; halter pale brown; aedeagus triangular, its main portion abruptly narrowed with broadly blunt tip; anterior margin of gonocoxal apodemes straight, parameres absent.
Diagnosis. A large-sized, brown species with fourth and fifth segments incompletely fused; wing without a pattern of pale and dark spots, fork of medial-cubital situated proximad to the level of end of costa; halter pale brown; aedeagus triangular, its main portion abruptly narrowed with broadly blunt tip; anterior margin of gonocoxal apodemes straight, parameres absent.
- MARINO, P. I. & G. R. SPINELLI. 2003. The Patagonian species of the subgenus Forcipomyia (Metaforcipomyia) (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), with a key to the New World species. Insect Syst. Evol. 34(1): 21-28.
