Forcipomyia (Euprojoannisia) mortuifolii Saunders, 1959

Spinelli, Gustavo R., 2017, A distinctive new species of biting midge in the subgenus Euprojoannisia Brèthes from Mexico with new records of Neotropical species of Forcipomyia Meigen (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), Zootaxa 4329 (2), pp. 189-195 : 192

Forcipomyia (Euprojoannisia) mortuifolii Saunders

Forcipomyia (Proforcipomyia) mortuifolii Saunders 1959: 35 . Trinidad. (all stages; figs. female habitus, palpus, tibial comb, spermathecae, wing, antenna, male genitalia, pupa, larva); Chan & LeRoux 1971: 1329 (phylogenetic relationships). Forcipomyia (Euforcipomyia) mortuifolii : wirth 1974: 14 (in New world catalogue south of the USA).

Forcipomyia (Euprojoannisia) mortuifolii: Bystrak & wirth 1978: 29 (all stages; distribution; figs. anterior veins of wings, palpus, frontal sclerite, flagellum, tibial comb of fore, mid and hind legs, male genitalia, detail of male sternite 9, spermathecae, female genitalia); wilkening et al 1985: 515 (Florida records); Borkent & wirth 1997: 31 (in world catalogue); Borkent & Spinelli 2000: 14 (in New world catalogue south of the USA); Borkent & Spinelli 2007: 49 (in Neotropical catalogue); Borkent & Grogan 2009: 7 (in Nearctic catalog); Grogan et al 2010: 10 (Florida record); Borkent 2016: 33 (in online world catalogue).

Material examined. MEXICO, Oaxaca, Municipio Santo Domingo Petapa , Localidad Río del Sol, Malaise trap, 29̄30̄ June ̄2009, Salceda, S.B., Rodríguez, A.A. & Ordóñez, A.J., Coll., 1 male (slide) . New Mexico record.

Diagnosis. Very small species, wing length 0.95 mm, male with ninth sternum with two mesal stout spines; gonostyle with mesal process. Female with palpus short and stout; mandible with fine teeth; oval basal flagellomeres; spermathecae slightly unequal, darkly sclerotized.

Distribution. Forcipomyia (E.) mortuifolii is widely distributed in the Caribbean region from extreme southern Florida, USA, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Dominica, Santa Lucia and Trinidad. We provide the first record for Mexico.