Subgenus Forcipomyia (Microhelea) Kieffer, 1917
- Microhelea Kieffer, J.J. 1917. Chironomides d'Amérique conservés au Musée National Hongrois de Budapest. Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici (Zoologica) 15: 292-364 [364] [the designation of Atrichopogon tropicus Kieffer in the original description was a lapsus and corrected by Kieffer, J.J. 1921. Chironomides de l'Afrique Équatoriale (1e partie). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 90: 1–56 (7)].
Type species:
Atrichopogon microtomus Kieffer, 1917 by subsequent designation, see Kieffer, J.J. 1921. Chironomides de l'Afrique Équatoriale (1e partie). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 90: 1-56 [7].Secondary source:
Kieffer, J.J. 1921. Chironomides de l'Afrique Équatoriale (1e partie). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 90: 1-56. - Phasmidohelea Mayer, K. 1937. Beobachtunen über blutsaugende Ceratopogoniden. Arbeiten über Morphologische und Taxonomische Entomologie aus Berlin-Dahlem 4: 231-234 [233].
Type species:
Phasmidohelea crudelis Mayer, 1937 (= Forcipomyia mayeri Forattini & Lane) by original designation, see Mayer, K. 1937. Beobachtunen über blutsaugende Ceratopogoniden. Arbeiten über Morphologische und Taxonomische Entomologie aus Berlin-Dahlem 4: 231-234 [233].
Excluded Taxa
- Misidentifications
CERATOPOGONIDAE: Forcipomyia (Microhelea) fuliginosa (Meigen, 1818) — Debenham, M.L. 1987. The biting midge genus Forcipomyia (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in the Australasian Region (exclusive of New Zealand) IV: The subgenera allied to Forcipomyia, s. s., and Lepidohelea, and the interrelationships and biogeography of the subgenera of Forcipomyia. Invertebrate Taxonomy 1: 631-684 [651]
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Cosmopolitan.
IBRA
ACT, NSW, NT, Qld: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)
Distribution References
General References
Debenham, M.L. 1987. The biting midge genus Forcipomyia (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in the Australasian Region (exclusive of New Zealand) IV: The subgenera allied to Forcipomyia, s. s., and Lepidohelea, and the interrelationships and biogeography of the subgenera of Forcipomyia. Invertebrate Taxonomy 1: 631-684 [644] (taxonomy)
Wirth, W.W. 1971. A review of the "stick–ticks," Neotropical biting midges of the Forcipomyia subgenus Microhelea parasitic on walking stick insects (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Entomological News 82: 229-245 [231] (as subgenus of Forcipomyia Meigen, 1818))
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01-Jun-2021 | CULICOMORPHA Hennig, 1948 | 01-Jun-2021 | MODIFIED | Dr Bryan Lessard (ABRS) |
| 10-Nov-2020 | NEMATOCERA Dumeril, 1805 | 31-Mar-2021 | MODIFIED | Max Beatson (AM) |
| 01-Feb-2019 | DIPTERA Linnaeus, 1758 | 01-Jun-2021 | MODIFIED | |
| 30-Mar-2012 | 01-Jun-2021 | MODIFIED | ||
| 01-Jun-2021 | MODIFIED |