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Issue: Vol. 572 No. 1: 16 Jul. 2004
Type: Article
Published: 2004-07-16
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.572.1.1
Page range: 1–8
Abstract views: 26
PDF downloaded: 20

A new species and first record of the subgenus Forcipomyia (Schizoforcipomyia) Chan & LeRoux from the Neotropical Region (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)

División Entomología, Museo de La Plata, Paseo del Bosque s/n, 1900 La Plata, Argentina
Research Associate, Royal British Columbia Museum, American Museum of Natural History and Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad, 691-8th Ave. SE, Salmon Arm, British Columbia, V1E 2C2, Canada
Diptera Biting midge Forcipomyia (Schizoforcipomyia) new species Costa Rica

Abstract

The biting midge, Forcipomyia (Schizoforcipomyia) harpa n. sp., is described from adult males and females which are apparently restricted to high elevations in the Talamanca Mountains of Costa Rica. The new species represents the first record of the subgenus from the Neotropical Region. Thirteen species of Forcipomyia (Schizoforcipomyia) are now known worldwide.

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