Species Forcipomyia (Microhelea) willisi Debenham, 1987

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• Forcipomyia (Microhelea) willisi 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 [661].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♀ adult, Mosman, NSW.
  Paratype(s) ANIC 9♀ 16♂ adults.

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Female collected feeding on katydid grasshoppers.

History of changes