Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) nigra (Winnertz 1852) ♀ (Diptera Chironomoidea Ceratopogonidæ Forcipomyiinæ Forcipomyiini)

Illustration for a comparative ecophylogenetic analysis of local myrmecofaunas, based on r/K selection theory and intra / interspecific parabiosis / lestobiosis, particularly focused on allochthonous and invasive species.

 

[Forcipomyia Meigen 1818: 1,064 (IT: 6) spp]

 

Same specimen, dorsal habitus; conspecific sympatric ♂, lateral sx habitus.

 

REFERENCES

 

T.J. Walker 2023: UFBIR, chapter 9, p. 11.

A. Borkent 2019: Cretaceous Ceratopogonidæ phylogeny.

D.K. Yeates & B.M. Wiegmann 2017: Diptera phylogeny.

A. Borkent 2014: World Ceratopogonidæ pupæ gg keys.

R. Szadziewski & P. Dominiak 2006: Ceratopogonidæ EU.

J. Boorman & al. 1995: Culicomorpha IT F65.

T. Kaufmann 1975: Ecology of Forcipomyia squamipennis, pollinator of Theobroma cacao in Ghana.

N.C. Ratanaworabhan 1969: World Ceratopogonidæ gg keys.

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