Subgenus Forcipomyia (Lasiohelea) Kieffer, 1921
- Lasiohelea Kieffer, J.J. 1921. Sur quelques diptères piqueurs de la tribu des Ceratopogoninae. Archives de l'Institut Pasteur d' Afrique Nord 1: 107-115 [published June] [115].
Type species:
Atrichopogon pilosipennis Kieffer, 1919 by original designation (= Ceratopogon velox Winnertz, 1852). - Centrorhynchus Lutz, 1913 [preoccupied by Centrorhynchus Steven or Fisher Waldheim, 1829].
Type species:
Centrorhynchus stylifer Lutz by original designation. - Parapterobosca Harant, Huttel and Huttel, 1951.
Type species:
Parapterobosca anthropophila Harant, Huttel and Huttel by original designation. - Dacnoforcipomyia Chan, K.L. & Saunders, L.G. 1965. Forcipomyia (Dacnoforcipomyia) anabaenae, a new blood–sucking midge from Singapore, described in all stages (Diptera, Ceratopogonidae). Canadian Journal of Zoology 43: 527-540 [527] [as subgenus of Forcipomyia].
Type species:
Forcipomyia anabaenae Chan & Saunders, 1965 by original designation (= Forcipomyia (Lasiohelea) anabaenae Chan & Saunders, 1965).
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Yu Yixin & Wirth, W.W. 1997. Lasiohelea of Southeast Asia. China : Military Medical Science Press pp. 1-xiv 1-88. (the authors do not specifically sink the subgenus Dacnoforcipomyia but since Lasiohelea is the type species, it is implicit, A.L. Dyce & A. Borkent, pers. comm. (1999))
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Cosmopolitan.
IBRA
NSW, NT, Qld, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)
Distribution References
General References
Debenham, M.L. 1983. Australasian species of the blood-feeding Forcipomyia subgenera, Lasiohelea and Dacnoforcipomyia (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 95: 1-61 [1] (Australian Lasiohelea)
Tokunaga, M. & Murachi, E.K. 1959. Diptera: Ceratopogonidae. Insects of Micronesia 12: 103-434 [141] (new status of Lasiohelea as a subgenus of Forcipomyia (Meigen, 1818))
Yu Yixin & Wirth, W.W. 1997. Lasiohelea of Southeast Asia. China : Military Medical Science Press pp. 1-xiv 1-88. (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement reinstate Lasiohelea to original generic status, but decision not accepted here as reinstatement of Lasiohelea to full genus status leaves Forcipomyia as a paraphyletic group, A. Borkent, pers. comm. (1999))
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30-Mar-2012 | 30-Mar-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |