Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) genualis (Loew), 1866
 
Geographic distribution
Distribution
Record
  • Argentina
    • Buenos Aires
    • Entre Ríos
Other distribution
Cuba (Gundlach)
USA (Louisiana, Georgia, Florida)
Mexico
Guatemala
Honduras
El Salvador
Costa Rica
Panamá
Cuba ( in type locality)
Bahamas
Bermuda
Cayman islands
Jamaica
Puerto Rica
Dominica
Grenada
St. John,
St. Lucía
Colombia
Ecuador
Galapagos islands
Tobago
Trinidad
Guyana
Brazil (Bahia, Rio de Janeiro)
 
genualis (Loew), 1866: 128 (Ceratopogon; male). Type locality: Cuba. HT F (MCZC). Distr.:USA (Louisiana to Florida), Bahamas, Mexico (Yucatán, Chiapas) to Colombia, Galápagos Islands, Cayman Islands, Cuba to Argentina (Entre Ríos: Salto Grande, Puerto Luis, 31°23'36.01", 57°59'41.09"W. Buenos Aires: Ensenada, Reserva Natural Integral Punta Lara, marginal forest, 34º47'21.2''S, 57º59'56.8''W); São Tomé. Refs.: Spinelli & Marino, 1998: 39.
propinqua (Williston), 1896: 279 (Ceratopogon). Type locality: St. Vincent. HT M (BMNH). raleighi Macfie, 1938: 160. Type locality: Trinidad and Tobago, St. Augustine. LT M (BMNH).


Diagnosis. Only species of the genualis group with antennal ratio 1.15; third palpal segment slender; mandible unarmed; parameres distinctive separated in form of broad oval plates, usually narrowly joined mesad, each one bearing a very slender, almost straight, spine like process.
  • LOEW, H. 1866. Diptera Americae septentrionalis indigena. Berl. Entomol. Zeitsch. 9: 127-186.
  • SPINELLI, G. R. & P. I. MARINO. 1998. First records for Argentina of three species of Forcipomyia (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina. 57(1-4): 39-40.
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