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Ceratopogonidae : Forcipomyia ?
rumsais_blatrix	#1 Posted on 22-02-2021 23:23
Member Location: Posts: 33 Joined: 05.02.21	Here is a Ceratopogonidae that I collected the 7th of May 2020 in Southern France near Montpellier. I believe it belongs to the genus Forcipomyia, but I am not quite sure. rumsais_blatrix attached the following image: [148.53Kb]


rumsais_blatrix	#2 Posted on 22-02-2021 23:23
Member Location: Posts: 33 Joined: 05.02.21	The wing. rumsais_blatrix attached the following image: [117.83Kb]


rumsais_blatrix	#3 Posted on 22-02-2021 23:24
Member Location: Posts: 33 Joined: 05.02.21	From above. rumsais_blatrix attached the following image: [109.2Kb]


John Carr	#4 Posted on 23-02-2021 19:27
Member Location: Massachusetts, USA Posts: 9839 Joined: 22.10.10	Forcipomyia. Based on the long hind basitarsus, probably not in the typical subgenus.


rumsais_blatrix	#5 Posted on 26-02-2021 21:49
Member Location: Posts: 33 Joined: 05.02.21	Thanks! I have several morphotypes that I believe should correspond to distinct species. I could not find keys for European species in this genus. Would you have any references to start with?


John Carr	#6 Posted on 02-03-2021 16:17
Member Location: Massachusetts, USA Posts: 9839 Joined: 22.10.10	rumsais_blatrix wrote: Thanks! I have several morphotypes that I believe should correspond to distinct species. I could not find keys for European species in this genus. Would you have any references to start with? I don't know how to identify European species. Even in North America I would have trouble. The foundation of subgeneric classification is Saunders, L. G. 1956. Revision of the genus Forcipomyia based on characters of all stages (Diptera, Ceratopogonidae). Canadian Journal of Zoology 34. doi:10.1139/z56-065 If you are lucky, you will find your specimens in a subgenus with few enough species to allow you to compare species descriptions.


rumsais_blatrix	#7 Posted on 02-03-2021 21:08
Member Location: Posts: 33 Joined: 05.02.21	Thank you. I will try to get the paper. It will at least give me clues on which characters are relevant to sort specimens into morphospecies.