genualis (Loew)

Ceratopogon genualis Loew, 1866a: 128 .

Forcipomyia genualis: Wirth 1969b: 575 [review]; Wirth 1974: 5 [catalogue]; Wirth & Soria 1975: 23 [review]; Linsley 1977: 38 [checklist]; Borkent 1991: 104 [review]; Peck 1996: 122 [mode of introduction]; Peck et al. 1998: 228 [introduced species]; Causton et al. 2006: 133 [introduced species].

Distribution. Introduced (Wirth 1969b). Nearctic, Neotropical; Galápagos: Darwin, Floreana, Isabela, Marchena (ICCDRS), Santa Cruz, Santa Fé.

Remarks. This species has been reared from a variety of rotting plant material (Wirth 1969b). Adults have been collected on the sea surface and in aerial nets between islands (Peck 1994a, b).