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Forcipomyia (Lepidohelea) Kieffer 1917 (biting midge)

Insecta - Diptera - Ceratopogonidae

Alternative spelling: Lepidohelea

Parent taxon: Forcipomyia according to A. Borkent and P. Dominiak 2020

See also Borkent 2013, Borkent and Wirth 1997 and Szadziewski and Grogan 1998

Sister taxa: Forcipomyia (Euprojoannisia), Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia), Forcipomyia (Lasiohelea), Forcipomyia (Phytohelea), Forcipomyia (Synthyridomyia), Forcipomyia (Thyridomyia), Forcipomyia (Trichohelea), Forcipomyia eobreviflagellata, Forcipomyia krzeminskii, Forcipomyia kulickae, Forcipomyia nadicola, Forcipomyia oisensis

Subtaxa: Forcipomyia (Lepidohelea) antilleana Forcipomyia (Lepidohelea) chrysosuccinea Forcipomyia (Lepidohelea) domibicolor Forcipomyia (Lepidohelea) lepidosuccinea

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Ecology:

Distribution:

• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (5 collections)

Total: 5 collections including 15 occurrences

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