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Forcipomyia (E.) wirthiana Szadziewski 1983
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Forcipomyia (E.) wirthiana Szadziewski, 1983 (Figs. 1A, B)
Forcipomyia (E.) wirthiana Szadziewski, 1983: 374 (male, Algeria).
Material examined. Ra’s al-Khaimah, 15.12.2016, Malaise trap, 2 males, leg. H. Roberts; Jebel Hafeet National Park, 21.01.2018, Malaise trap, 13 males, leg. A. Saji & A. van Harten; Houbara Protected Area, Malaise trap, 28.02.2017, 1 male, 15.03.2017, 1 male, leg. A. Saji & A. van Harten.
Diagnosis. Males of this species have a long, triangular aedeagus with black apico-lateral hooks and a stout greatly curved gonostylus, the apical third of which is slender (Figs. 1A, B). Females unknown.
Distribution. Algeria, UAE, December–March, May. This is the first record from the UAE.
Notes
Published as part of Szadziewski, Ryszard & Gwizdalska-Kentzer, Marta, 2020, New records of biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from the United Arab Emirates, with a description of a new species, pp. 594-597 in Zootaxa 4894 (4) on page 594, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4894.4.6, http://zenodo.org/record/4316811
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Biodiversity
- Event date
- 2016-12-15 , 2017-02-28 , 2018-01-21
- Verbatim event date
- 2016-12-15 , 2017-02-28 , 2018-01-21
- Scientific name authorship
- Szadziewski
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Diptera
- Family
- Ceratopogonidae
- Genus
- Forcipomyia
- Species
- wirthiana
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Forcipomyia (E.) wirthiana Szadziewski, 1983 sec. Szadziewski & Gwizdalska-Kentzer, 2020
References
- Szadziewski, R. (1983) Ceratopogonidae (Diptera) from Algeria. II. New species, new records and new synonymy in the genus Forcipomyia Meig. Polish Journal of Entomology, 53, 363 - 384.