New records of Forcipomyia (Pterobosca) incubans (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) parasitizing wings of Odonata in Brazil

Authors

  • Rhainer Guillermo-Ferreira Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto, Departamento de Biologia
  • Diogo Silva Vilela Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Instituto de Biologia, Laboratório de Ecologia Comportamental e de Interações

Keywords:

biting midge, flies, parasite, new record, Neotropical

Abstract

Forcipomyia (Pterobosca) incubans Macfie (1937) (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) is recorded here for the first time for Brazil. Females were collected in the Brazilian Neotropical Savanna parasitizing the wings of Erythrodiplax juliana Ris (1911), Erythrodiplax aff. anomala Brauer (1865) and Erythemis credula Hagen (1861), all Libellulidae dragonflies. A map of potential distribution of this species in the New World is also provided. The results suggest that its distribution may range from southern South America to Mexico, with higher densities in the Brazilian and Colombian Tropical Rain Forests.
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Published

2013-03-01

How to Cite

Guillermo-Ferreira, R., & Vilela, D. S. (2013). New records of Forcipomyia (Pterobosca) incubans (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) parasitizing wings of Odonata in Brazil. Biota Neotropica, 13(1). Retrieved from //www.biotaneotropica.org.br/BN/article/view/1084

Issue

Vol. 13 No. 1 (2013): v13n1

Section

Short Communications

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