Palpomyia subaspera (Coquillett)

Huerta, Herón & Spinelli, Gustavo R., 2021, New records of the predaceous midge genus Palpomyia from Mexico, with a new species in the Palpomyia distincta group (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), Zootaxa 5020 (3), pp. 550-560 : 555-556

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5020.3.6

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scientific name

Palpomyia subaspera (Coquillett)
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Palpomyia subaspera (Coquillett) View in CoL

( Figs. 1B View FIGURE 1 , 3 View FIGURE 3 A−C, 4B, 6B, 7)

Ceratopogon subasper Coquillett, 1901: 606 View in CoL (female; USA).

Palpomyia subasper: Malloch, 1914: 22 View in CoL (combination); Johannsen 1943: 784 (in list of USA species); Johannsen 1952: 166 (in key); Snow et al. 1957: 34 (habitat notes); Wirth 1965: 140 (distribution).

Palpomyia subaspera: Grogan & Wirth 1975: 10 View in CoL (lectotype designation; redescription); Grogan & Wirth 1979: 23 (description, adult, pupa; distribution; P. essigi as synonym); Spinelli & Wirth 1993: 68 ( P. maculicrus View in CoL as synonym); Borkent & Wirth 1997: 134 (in World catalog); Spinelli 1998: 326 (in list of Argentina species); Borkent & Spinelli 2000: 64 (in New World catalog south of USA); Borkent & Spinelli 2007: 96 (in Neotropical catalog); Spinelli et al. 2009: 46 (diagnosis, description, biology, distribution; Paraguay, Argentina, Chile); Borkent & Dominiak 2020: 212 (in World catalog).

Palpomyia essigi Wirth, 1952: 225 (female, male; California); Wirth 1965: 140 (distribution).

Palpomyia maculicrus Ingram & Macfie, 1931: 230 View in CoL (female; Argentina); Wirth 1974: 55 (in New World catalog south of USA).

Diagnosis. The only species of the tibialis group with the following combination of characters: Females with spinose femora, legs yellow with the distal 1/3 of hind femur and apex of hind tibia dark brown; wing with distal portion of costa and radius curved, elongate (costal ratio 0.89–0.91). Males with elongate genitalia that are tilted dorsally 45°, parameres divided with recurved tips bearing minute spicules ( Fig. 6B View FIGURE 6 ).

Remarks. This species is widely distributed in the Nearctic and Neotropical regions. According to Grogan & Wirth (1979) and Spinelli et al. (2009), males fore femur with 2-4 spines and the gonocoxite lacks a mesoventral lobe. However, in the specimens from Veracruz, we observed that the fore femur lacks ventral spines and the gonocoxite has a small distal mesoventral lobe ( Fig. 6B View FIGURE 6 ).

Material examined. Mexico, Veracruz, Los Tuxtlas, Medellin , 7− apr− 2010, CDC trap, acahual, col. Hernán- dez, P., male, CAIM ; Tabasco, Villahermosa, Zoológico central, 23− dec −2008 to 8 − jan−2009, Malaise trap, col. Villanueva, A., female, CAIM. New records for Veracruz and Tabasco.

Distribution. North America (Alberta to Ontario, south to California, Florida), Mexico (Chihuahua, Veracruz, Tabasco), Haiti, Cuba, Paraguay, Chile, Argentina.

CAIM

Collection of Aquatic Important Microorganisms

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Ceratopogonidae

Genus

Palpomyia

Loc

Palpomyia subaspera (Coquillett)

Huerta, Herón & Spinelli, Gustavo R. 2021
2021
Loc

Palpomyia subaspera: Grogan & Wirth 1975: 10

Borkent, A. & Dominiak, P. 2020: 212
Spinelli, G. R. & Grogan, W. L. Jr. & Ronderos, M. M. 2009: 46
Borkent, A. & Spinelli, G. R. 2007: 96
Borkent, A. & Spinelli, G. R. 2000: 64
Spinelli, G. R. 1998: 326
Borkent, A. & Wirth, W. W. 1997: 134
Spinelli, G. R. & Wirth, W. W. 1993: 68
Grogan, W. L. Jr. & Wirth, W. W. 1979: 23
Grogan, W. L. Jr. & Wirth, W. W. 1975: 10
1975
Loc

Palpomyia essigi

Wirth, W. W. 1965: 140
Wirth, W. W. 1952: 225
1952
Loc

Palpomyia maculicrus

Wirth, W. W. 1974: 55
Ingram, A. & Macfie, J. W. S. 1931: 230
1931
Loc

Palpomyia subasper:

Wirth, W. W. 1965: 140
Snow, W. W. & Pickard, E. & Moore, J. B. 1957: 34
Johannsen, O. A. 1952: 166
Johannsen, O. A. 1943: 784
Malloch, J. R. 1914: 22
1914
Loc

Ceratopogon subasper

Coquillett, D. W. 1901: 606
1901
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