Insecta - Diptera - Ceratopogonidae
Alternative spelling: Ceratopogon (Forcipomyia)
Invalid subtaxa: Amberaspinus Evenhuis 1994, Aspinus Hong 1981 [replaced name], Succinaspinus Hong 2002 [objective synonym]
Full reference: J. W. Meigen. 1818. Systematische Beschreibung der Bekannten Europäischen Zweiflügeligen Insekten, Erster Theil 1-332
Parent taxon: Forcipomyiini according to R. Szadziewski et al. 2021
See also Borkent 2013, Borkent and Dominiak 2020, Borkent et al. 2022, Borkent and Wirth 1997, Evenhuis 1994, Hong 1981, Hong 2002, Hong 2002, Kieffer 1906, Pielowska et al. 2018, Solórzano Kraemer 2007, Sontag and Szadziewski 2011, Szadziewski 1988, Szadziewski 1990, Szadziewski 2019 and Szadziewski and Grogan 1998
Sister taxon: Atrichopogon
Subtaxa: Forcipomyia (Euprojoannisia) Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) Forcipomyia (Lasiohelea) Forcipomyia (Lepidohelea) Forcipomyia (Phytohelea) Forcipomyia (Synthyridomyia) Forcipomyia (Thyridomyia) Forcipomyia (Trichohelea) Forcipomyia eobreviflagellata Forcipomyia krzeminskii Forcipomyia kulickae Forcipomyia nadicola Forcipomyia orientalus
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (6 collections), Ethiopia (1), Mexico (7), New Zealand (1)
• Eocene of China (1), Denmark (1), Germany (2), India (3), Poland (3), the Russian Federation (6), Ukraine (3)
Total: 34 collections including 122 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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