Forcipomyia

Belongs within: Ceratopogonidae.

Forcipomyia is a diverse genus of hairy biting midges.

Characters (from Downes & Wirth 1981): Female antenna with 13 flagellomeres. Wing with C short or long; cell r₂₊₃ usually short, but if long distinctly narrow; crossvein r-m present; microtrichia minute; macrotrichia moderately abundant, sloping, often scale-like, covering most of wing; fringe complex, not a single row of hairs. Empodia well developed in female; claws strongly curved.

<==Forcipomyia
    |  i. s.: F. acidicolaBSG09
    |         F. fusculusBR09
    |         F. townsendiA71
    |         F. utaeA71
    |--F. (Forcipomyia) bipunctataDW81
    |--F. (Blantonia) caribbeaDW81
    |--F. (Caloforcipomyia) glaucaDW81
    |--F. (Euprojoannisia) wirthiDW81
    |--F. (Lasiohelea)M81
    |    |--F. (L.) fairfaxensisM81
    |    `--‘Lasiohelea’ opilionivoraCM07
    |--F. (Metaforcipomyia) pluvialisDW81
    |--F. (Microhelea)BSG09
    |    |--F. (M.) fuliginosaDW81
    |    `--F. (M.) ixodoidesBSG09
    |--F. (Pterobosca) fusicornisDW81
    |--F. (Synthyridomyia) colemaniDW81
    |--F. (Thyridomyia) monilicornisDW81
    |--F. (Trichohelea) equesDW81
    `--F. (Warmkea) aeriaDW81

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

[A71] Askew, R. R. 1971. Parasitic Insects. Heinemann Educational Books: London.

[BSG09] Borkent, A., G. R. Spinelli & W. L. Grogan Jr. 2009. Ceratopogonidae (biting midges, purrujas). In: Brown, B. V., A. Borkent, J. M. Cumming, D. M. Wood, N. E. Woodley & M. A. Zumbado (eds) Manual of Central American Diptera vol. 1 pp. 407–435. NRC Research Press: Ottawa.

[BR09] Borkent, A., & G. Rotheray. 2009. Key to Diptera families—larvae. In: Brown, B. V., A. Borkent, J. M. Cumming, D. M. Wood, N. E. Woodley & M. A. Zumbado (eds) Manual of Central American Diptera vol. 1 pp. 157–191. NRC Research Press: Ottawa.

[CM07] Cokendolpher, J. C., & P. G. Mitov. 2007. Natural enemies. In: Pinto-da-Rocha, R., G. Machado & G. Giribet (eds) Harvestmen: The Biology of Opiliones pp. 339–373. Harvard University Press: Cambridge (Massachusetts).

[DW81] Downes, J. A., & W. W. Wirth. 1981. Ceratopogonidae. In: McAlpine, J. F., B. V. Peterson, G. E. Shewell, H. J. Teskey, J. R. Vockeroth & D. S. Wood (eds) Manual of Nearctic Diptera vol. 1 pp. 393–421. Research Branch, Agriculture Canada.

[M81] McAlpine, J. F. 1981. Key to families—adults. In: McAlpine, J. F., B. V. Peterson, G. E. Shewell, H. J. Teskey, J. R. Vockeroth & D. S. Wood (eds) Manual of Nearctic Diptera vol. 1 pp. 89–124. Research Branch, Agriculture Canada.