Description of a New Species of Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) and a Key to Species of the Subgenus From the Chinese Mainland. Issue 6 (11th July 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Duan, Chen; Jiang, Xiao Hong; Han, Xiao Jing; Hou, Xiao Hui
• Editors: Johnson, Richard
• Is Part Of: Journal of medical entomology. Volume 56:Issue 6(2019)
• Page Start: 1614
• Page End: 1622
• Publication Date: 2019-07-11
• Subjects: Ceratopogonidae -- subgenus Forcipomyia -- new species -- key -- SEM; Insects as carriers of disease -- Periodicals; 616.968
• DOI: 10.1093/jme/tjz108
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0022-2585

Abstract

Abstract: Forcipomyia ( Forcipomyia ) makanensis Hou sp. n. (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) is described and illustrated based on male and female specimens from China. It is characterized by the male aedeagus triangular, with large cone-shaped process at apex, basal arch high, basal arm slender and curved, parameres separate narrower distance at base, cone-shaped apically, and the female subgenital plate pliers-shaped, without lateral process, with two spermathecae, oval, nearly equal. The new species is compared with the similar congener F. ( Forcipomyia ) lochmocola Zou and Yu, 1991. We provide separate keys for identification of the males and females of the species of subgenus F . ( Forcipomyia ) Meigen in China.