On the subgenus Forcipomyia (Lasiohelea) in the Neotropical region (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae

RONDEROS MM; SPINELLI GR

TRANSACTIONS OF THE AMERICAN ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY

AMER ENTOMOL SOC

Lugar: Philadelphia; Año: 1999 vol. 125 p. 151 - 161

0002-8320

Three new Neotropical species of the subgenus Lasiohelea Kieffer of Forcipomyia Meigen are described and illustrated: F. (L.) cacaophila from Venezuela, F. (L.) guarani from Paraguay, and F. (L.) multidentata from Brazil. F. (L.) stylifera (Lutz) is redescribed from the type series, and notes and illustrations on the cibarial armature and scutellar setae of F. (L.) saltensis (Cavalieri) (from its type) and F. (L.) attenuata Saunders (from non-type specimens) are provided. Furthermore, for the first time F. (L.) anitae Huerta and Ibanez-Bernal is recorded from Brazil and Costa Rica, F. (L.) attenuata from Bolivia, and F. (L.) stylifera from Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Ecuador, Panama and Paraguay.