Atrichopogon (Atrichopogon) wirthi Chan and Linley
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Atrichopogon wirthi Chan and Linley, 1988: 189 (Florida).
Atrichopogon (Atrichopogon) wirthi: Borkent and Grogan 2009: 5 (in Nearctic catalog).
Discussion. Soon after Wilkening et al. (1985) summarized the biting midge fauna of Florida, Chan and Linley (1988) described this species from all stages that were collected and/or reared from leaves of water lettuce, Pistia stratiodes Linnaeus, in St. Lucie Co. during 1987. We examined five adult females and two males in the FSCA that Wirth mounted on slides that were reared from the type locality by Chan. We also provide data on additional specimens that were collected on water lettuce and reared to adults by R. L. Escher during 1987 that were sent to WLG to identify. We are not certain if these specimens originated from the type locality, regardless, this species is still only known from St. Lucie Co.
New records. St. Lucie Co., Ft. Pierce, 27 May 1987, R. L. Escher, ex. Pistia stratiodes, 3 females, 2 males (WLGC; FLKC).
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- Journal article: 10.5281/zenodo.5352908 (DOI)
- Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/F63BED503F16EE09FFA01549B776FF8E (URL)
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Biodiversity
- Collection code
- R, WLGC, FLKC
- Event date
- 1987-05-27
- Verbatim event date
- 1987-05-27
- Scientific name authorship
- Chan and Linley
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Diptera
- Family
- Ceratopogonidae
- Genus
- Atrichopogon
- Species
- wirthi
- Taxon rank
- species
References
- Chan, K. L., and J. R. Linley. 1988. Description of Atrichopogon wirthi new species (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from leaves of the water lettuce (Pistia stratiotes) in Florida. Florida Entomologist 71: 186 - 201.
- Borkent, A., and W. L. Grogan, Jr. 2009. Catalog of the New World biting midges north of Mexico (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Zootaxa 2273: 1 - 48.
- Wilkening, A. J., D. L. Kline, and W. W. Wirth. 1985. An annotated checklist of the Ceratopogonidae (Diptera) of Florida with a new synonymy. Florida Entomologist 68: 511 - 537.