A new species of Macrurohelea Ingram and Macfie, and new records of bitingmidges of the tribes Culicoidini and Ceratopogonini (Diptera : Ceratopogonidae) from Tierra del Fuego and the Magallanes

Authors
Spinelli, GR Grogan, WL
Citation
Gr. Spinelli et Wl. Grogan, A new species of Macrurohelea Ingram and Macfie, and new records of bitingmidges of the tribes Culicoidini and Ceratopogonini (Diptera : Ceratopogonidae) from Tierra del Fuego and the Magallanes, P ENT S WAS, 101(4), 1999, pp. 708-713
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology/Pest Control
Journal title
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON
ISSN journal
00138797 → ACNP
Volume
101
Issue
4
Year of publication
1999
Pages
708 - 713
Database
ISI
SICI code
0013-8797(199910)101:4<708:ANSOMI>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
The first records of biting and predaceous midges of the tribes Culicoidini and Ceratopogonini are provided from Tierra del Fuego and the Magallanes. A new species of predaceous midge, Macrurohelea yamana, is described and il lustrated from Tierra del Fuego, Argentina. Paradasyhelea brevipalpis (Ingr am and Macfie), Austrohelea shannoni (I. and M.), Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea ) varia I. and M., and S. (A.) succinea I. and M., are recorded for the fir st time from Tierra del Fuego and the Magallanes.