Forcipomyia (Microhelea) fuliginosa (Meigen)

William L. Grogan, Jr., Hribar, Lawrence J., Murphree, C. Steven & Cilek, James E., 2010, New records of biting and predaceous midges from Florida, including species new to the fauna of the United States (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), Insecta Mundi 2010 (147), pp. 1-59 : 17

Forcipomyia (Microhelea) fuliginosa (Meigen)

Ceratopogon fuliginosus Meigen, 1818: 86 ( Germany) .

Forcipomyia fuliginosa: Goetghebuer 1933: 130 (combination).

Forcipomyia (Microhelea) fuliginosa: Wirth 1972: 567 (revision of New World Microhelea ; host records); Wilkening et al. 1985: 517 (Florida records); Hribar and Grogan 2005: 229 (Monroe Co., Florida records) ; Salvato et al. 2008: 237 (adult female feeding on larval Nymphalidae in Miami- Dade Co., Florida) ; Borkent and Grogan 2009: 8 (in Nearctic catalog; distribution) .

Forcipomyia erucicida Knab, 1914: 65 (Florida) .

Ceratopogon coquilletti Kieffer, 1917: 297 (New York).

Forcipomyia brookmani Wirth, 1952a: 140 (Washington) .

Discussion. As noted by Hribar and Grogan (2005), this common cosmopolitan species has 24 specific synonyms ( Borkent and Wirth 1997). The adult females are ectoparasitic on larvae of Lepidoptera and sawflies (Hymenoptera). Wilkening et al. (1985) listed this species from 17 Florida counties. We provide the first records from Lake and Levy counties and additional records from Monroe Co.

New records. Lake Co., nr. Mt. Dora , 9-VIII-1984, R. E. Woodruff & L. A. Stange, UVLT, 3 females ( FSCA). Levy Co. , Yankeetown, XI-1981, Alan Wilkening, light trap with CO 2, 3 females ( FSCA). Monroe Co., Big Pine Key, Key Deer Blvd., 10 Mar. 2008, D. DeMay, light trap, 1 male ; Key Largo , Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuge , 17 June 2009, D. DeMay, CO 2 baited light trap, 1 female, same data except 8 July 2009, light trap, 1 female, Tavernier, Wild Bird Cntr., 27 May 2009, D. DeMay, CO 2 light trap, 1 female ; Long Key , 18 May 2009, D. DeMay, 1 female ; Long Point Key , 25 Oct. 2006, D. DeMay, light trap, 1 male ; Plantation Key , 23 Sept. 2006, D. DeMay, light trap, 1 female, same data except 3 January 2007, 2 males ; Windley Key , 3 Dec. 2007, D. DeMay, light trap, 1 female, same data except 17 Nov. 2008, CO 2 baited light trap, 1 male ( FSCA; FLKC; WLGC) .