Subgenus Forcipomyia (Trichohelea) Goetghebuer, 1920
- Trichohelea Goetghebuer, M. 1920. Ceratopogoninae de Belgique. Mémoires du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique 8(3): 1-116 [39].
Type species:
Trichohelea tonnoiri Goetghebuer, 1920 by original designation (= Apelma auronitens Kieffer, 1919). - Apelma Kieffer, J.J. 1919. Chironomides d'Europe conservés au Musée National Hongrois de Budapest. Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici (Zoologica) 17: 1-160 [64] [junior homonym of Apelma Billberg, 1820 (Coleoptera)].
Type species:
Apelma auronitens Kieffer, 1919 by subsequent designation, see Macfie, J.W.S. 1940. The genera of Ceratopogonidae. Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology 34: 13-30 [16]. - Neoforcipomyia Tokunaga, M. in Tokunaga, M. & Murachi, E.K. 1959. Diptera: Ceratopogonidae. Insects of Micronesia 12: 103-434 [200].
Type species:
Ceratopogon pectinunguis de Meijere, 1923 by original designation.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Debenham, M.L. 1987. The biting midge genus Forcipomyia (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in the Australasian Region (exclusive of New Zealand) I. Introduction, key to subgenera, and the Thyridomyia and Trichohelea groups of subgenera. Invertebrate Taxonomy 1: 35-119 [71]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Tasmania, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Cosmopolitan.
IBRA
NSW, NT, Qld, Tas, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Flinders (FLI), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), King (KIN), Mallee (MAL), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)
Distribution References
General References
Debenham, M.L. 1987. The biting midge genus Forcipomyia (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in the Australasian Region (exclusive of New Zealand) I. Introduction, key to subgenera, and the Thyridomyia and Trichohelea groups of subgenera. Invertebrate Taxonomy 1: 35-119 [71] (taxonomy, literature, distribution)
Macfie, J.W.S. 1940. The genera of Ceratopogonidae. Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology 34: 13-30 [16] (synonymy of Trichohelea Goetghebuer, 1920)
Remm, Kh. Ya. 1961. A survey of species of the genus Forcipomyia Meigen in Estonia. Loodusuurijate Seltsi Aastaraamat 54: 165-195 [cited in Debenham, M.L. 1987. The biting midge genus Forcipomyia (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in the Australasian Region (exclusive of New Zealand) I. Introduction, key to subgenera, and the Thyridomyia and Trichohelea groups of subgenera. Invertebrate Taxonomy 1: 35–119 (71)] [165] (synonymy of Neoforcipomyia Tokunaga in Tokunaga & Murachi, 1959)
Saunders, L.G 1957. Revision of the genus Forcipomyia based on characters of all stages. Canadian Journal of Zoology 34: 657-705 [695] (resurrection from synonymy with Apelma Kieffer, 1919 as Forcipomyia (Trichohelea) Goetghebuer, 1920)
History of changes
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| 30-Mar-2012 | 30-Mar-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |