Diversity of Ceratopogonidae (Diptera: Culicomorpha) from the Reserva Natural Integral Punta Lara (Buenos Aires, Argentina)

Abstract

los relictos más australes de la selva en galería, donde el conocimiento de la fauna de insectos es aún limitado. Las capturas se realizaron en ambientes de pastizal y selva en galería, con trampas Malaise y trampas de luz, tipo CDC y embudo. Un total de 4.195 especímenes pertenecientes a nueve géneros y 39 especies de Ceratopogonidae fueron identificados. Se brinda un listado de las especies presentes en el área, y se proveen datos de su distribución geográfica. Veintitrés especies se citan en la Reserva por primera vez, mientras que Dasyhelea mediomunda Minaya, Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) taragui Marino, Spinelli & Cazorla, Forcipomyia (Microhelea) fuliginosa (Meigen), Stilobezzia (Eukraiohelea) elegantula (Johannsen) y Stilobezzia (Stilobezzia) punctulata Lane se registran por primera vez en la provincia de Buenos Aires. PALABRAS CLAVE. Área protegida. Jejenes. Pastizal. Primer registro. Selva en galería. ABSTRACT. We present the results of the first survey on the Ceratopogonidae from the "Reserva Natural Integral Punta Lara", in Buenos Aires province. This protected area represents the southernmost relict of gallery forest where the knowledge of the insect fauna is still limited. Catches were conducted in areas of grassland and marginal forest with Malaise traps, CDC light traps and funnel light traps. A total of 4,195 specimens belonging to nine genera and 39 species of Ceratopogonidae were identified. A list of the species present in the protected area is provided, along with their distributional data. Twenty-three species are recorded from the reserve for the first time, while Dasyhelea mediomunda Minaya, Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) taragui Marino, Spinelli & Cazorla, Forcipomyia (Microhelea) fuliginosa (Meigen), Stilobezzia (Eukraiohelea) elegantula (Johannsen) and Stilobezzia (Stilobezzia) punctulata Lane are recorded for the first time in Buenos Aires province.

Four Little Known Species of Forcipomyiinae Described by Ingram and Macfie, 1931 (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)

“…Atrichopogon ( Atrichopogon ) albinensis : Borkent and Spinelli 2007: 44 (in Neotropical catalog); Cazorla et al . 2018: 3 (new records).…”

New records of mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) found in phytotelmata in Northern Argentina

“…theobaldi. This species of Toxorhynchites has the most austral (southern) distribution in Argentina (and consequently in South America), reaching the temperate region in Buenos Aires Province (Campos, 1994). It has a disjunctive distribution in the country, being found in Chaco, Formosa, Misiones (subtropical) and Buenos Aires (temperate) provinces, and Salta Province (subtropical) in the west.…”