The fourth instar larva and pupa of the Neotropical biting midge Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) rioplatensis Marino and Spinelli (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae

SPINELLI GR; MARINO PI; RONDEROS MM

PROCEEDINGS OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON

ENTOMOL SOC WASHINGTON

Año: 2005 vol. 107 p. 108 - 114

0013-8797

The fourth instar larva and pupa of the Neotropical biting midge, Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) rioplatensis Marino and Spinelli, are described and illustrated using phase-contrast and scanning electron microscope. Larvae, pupae and adults of Forcipomyia rioplatensis were collected from nests of the monk parakeet, Myiopsitta monachus monachus (Boddaert), in San Vicente, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. Larvae have character states typical of other species of Forcipomyia with herbivorous ceratopogonid larvae. This species is compared with its very similar Nearctic congener, Forcipomyia (F.) bipunctatapropinqua Chan and LeRoux.