Schizonyxhelea forattinii Wirth & Grogan, 1988

Huerta, Herón & Grogan, William L., 2017, New species and new records of predaceous midges in the genera, Schizonyxhelea Clastrier and Stilobezzia Kieffer from Mexico (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), Zootaxa 4294 (4), pp. 401-418 : 403

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4294.4.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5189434
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scientific name	Schizonyxhelea forattinii Wirth & Grogan
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Schizonyxhelea forattinii Wirth & Grogan View in CoL

Schizonyxhelea forattinii Wirth & Grogan, 1988: 81 View in CoL Brazil. (female, male; figs.); Borkent & Wirth 1997: 105 (in World catalog); Borkent & Spinelli 2000: 52 (in New World catalog south of the USA; distribution); Borkent 2000: 863 ( Costa Rica; larva, pupa; distribution); Borkent & Spinelli 2007: 85 (in Neotropical catalog; distribution); Borkent 2014: 66 (in world list of Schizonyxhelea View in CoL species, in review of pupae of Ceratopogonidae View in CoL ); Borkent 2016: 134 (in online World catalog).

Discussion. This Neotropical species was previously known from Brazil (type locality) and Costa Rica . We provide the first record from Mexico.

Material Examined. MEXICO, Veracruz, Los Tuxtlas , 25–27-Jul-1993, Selva, Trampa Malaise, Ibáñez- Bernal, S. & Paz-Rodriguez, R. Coll., 1 male. New Mexico Record.