Monohelea aguirrei Tavares & Souza, 1980

Alves Santarem, Maria Clara, Aragao Cardoso, Erick, de Souza Pinto, Israel & Felippe-Bauer, Maria Luiza, 2022, New species and new records of Monohelea Kieffer (Diptera, Ceratopogonidae) from Brazil, ZooKeys 1136, pp. 175-185 : 175

Monohelea aguirrei Tavares & Souza, 1980

Monohelea aguirrei Tavares & Souza, 1980: 97 (in part; male, Brazil - Rio de Janeiro); Wirth and Grogan 1988: 69 (type locality); Borkent and Wirth 1997: 101 (in catalog); Felippe-Bauer 1998: 223 (redescription); Borkent and Spinelli 2000: 50 (in catalog); Felippe-Bauer and Oliveira 2001: 1111 (type specimens); Borkent and Spinelli 2007: 83 (in catalog); Borkent and Dominiak 2020: 165 (in catalog); Santarém and Felippe-Bauer 2021: 18 (in Brazilian catalog).

Distribution.

Brazil ( Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, Santa Catarina) and Argentina (Corrientes, Buenos Aires Province).

New records.

1 male, 1 female, on microscope slides labeled " Monohelea aguirrei Tavares & Souza, 1980", "Palmital de Baixo, Pancas, Espírito Santo, BRASIL, 19°12'47.0"S, 40°47'20.0"W, 30/IX/2010, mata, CDC light trap, Pinto, I.S. [leg.]" (CCER#3702, CCER#3703); 1 male, same data except “Córrego Itauninhas, Mucurici, 18°04'11.8"S, 40°32'47.0"W, 02/IV/2010" (CCER#3704).