Mallochohelea atripes Wirth, 1962

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 : 44-45

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5352908
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5450830
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scientific name	Mallochohelea atripes Wirth
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Mallochohelea atripes Wirth View in CoL

Mallochohelea atripes Wirth, 1962: 281 View in CoL (New Jersey); Wilkening et al. 1985: 528 (Florida records); Borkent and Grogan 2009: 24 (in Nearctic catalog; distribution).

Discussion. Wilkening et al. (1985) recorded this common eastern species from seven Florida counties. We provide the first records from Highlands, Orange and Wakulla counties.

New records. Highlands Co., Lake Placid , Archbold Biological Station , Sept. 1990, W. W. Wirth, at UV light, 1 female ( FSCA). Orange Co. , Maitland, Lake Hope, 29-IV-1984, W. W. Wirth, ULLT, 4 females ; same data except 8-IV-1985, 2 females ; same data except 25-VIII-1986, 1 female. Wakulla Co., Wakulla Springs State Park , Lodge Road, 25 May 2004, S. Murphree, CDC light trap with UV wand, 2 females ( BUTC) .