Atrichopogon (Atrichopogon) minutus (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 : 5-6

Atrichopogon (Atrichopogon) minutus (Meigen)

Ceratopogon minutus Meigen, 1830: 263 (Europe) .

Atrichopogon minutus: Kieffer 1919b: 193 (combination); Wirth 1952a: 125 (redescription; USA distribution); Boesel 1973: 206 (redescription).

Atrichopogon (Atrichopogon) minutus: Wirth 1965: 123 (in Nearctic catalog; distribution); Borkent and Grogan 2009: 5 (in Nearctic catalog; distribution).

Discussion. This Holarctic species ranges from British Columbia, Ontario and Quebec, south to California, Iowa and Florida ( Borkent and Grogan 2009). Borkent and Grogan (2009) included Florida within the range of this species based on a study by Porch et al. (1992) who reported five specimens collected on sundews ( Drosera sp. ) in Walton Co. “in a hillside bog along U. S. Highway 331.” These are apparently the first Florida records of this species, and we list these specimens below.

New records. Walton Co., Hwy. 331, 20 May 1986, S. S. Porch, ex. Drosera sp. , 1 female, 1 male ( WLGC) ; same data except 12 April 1987, 1 female, 18 May 1987, 1 female, and 17 June 1987, 1 female ( AUCI) .