Forcipomyia (Euprojoannisia) blantoni Soria and Bystrak

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 : 9

Forcipomyia (Euprojoannisia) blantoni Soria and Bystrak

Forcipomyia (Euforcipomyia) blantoni Soria and Bystrak, 1975: 3 ( Brazil) .

Forcipomyia (Euprojoannisia) blantoni: Bystrak and Wirth 1978: 13 (revision of North American Euprojoannisia Bréthes ; United States records); Wilkening et al. 1985: 515 (Florida records); Hribar and Grogan 2005: 228 (Monroe Co., Florida records) ; Borkent and Grogan 2009: 7 (in Nearctic catalog; distribution) .

Discussion. This eastern Nearctic species occurs from Virginia to Florida and in the Neotropics to Brazil. Wilkening et al. (1985) listed it from 16 Florida counties, and Porch et al. (1992) recorded a specimen taken from a sundew in Walton Co., the first record from that county that we relist below. More recently, Hribar and Grogan (2005) provided the first records from Monroe Co.; we provide the first records from Highlands and St. Lucie counties.

New records. Highlands Co., Lake Placid, Archbold Biological Station, 15-IX-1990, W. W. Wirth, at Polygonella flowers, 5 females, 2 males (FSCA). St. Lucie Co., (?Ft. Pierce), 24 Dec 1986, R. L. Escher, 1 female (FSCA). Walton Co., Hwy. 331, 24 Sept. 1986, S. S. Porch, ex. Drosera , 1 male (WLGC).