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Josh Grogan Interview
No full textAn interview with Josh Grogan by Christian Wright discussing his personal experiences during the Covid-19 pandemic
Palpomyia insularis Spinelli and Grogan
No full textPalpomyia insularis Spinelli and Grogan Palpomyia insularis Spinelli and Grogan, 1989: 3 (Puerto Rico); Borkent and Spinelli 2000: 63 (in New World catalog south of the USA; distribution); Borkent and Spinelli 2007: 96 (in Neotropical catalog; distribution). Discussion. As noted by Spinelli and Grogan (1989), this Neotropical predaceous midge is a member of the Palpomyia distincta group as defined by Grogan and Wirth (1975, 1979). It was originally known from Dominica, Jamaica and Puerto Rico (type locality); we provide the first records of this predaceous midge from Guadeloupe. New records. Guadeloupe, Basse Terre, Bois Malher, 9-IX-2010, MC Thomas & RH Turnbow, Blacklight trap, 2 males, 1 female; same data except Corrosol, 8-IX-2010, 1 male; same data except Trace des Cretes (D-14), 22-V-2012, R. H. Turnbow, BL trap, 1 male, 2 females. New Guadeloupe record .Published as part of William L. Grogan, Jr., Spinelli, Ronderos, María M. & Carla, 2013, The biting and predaceous midges of Guadeloupe Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). I. Species of the subfamily Ceratopogoninae, pp. 1-21 in Insecta Mundi 2013 (324) on page 12, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.517831
Brachypogon (Brachypogon) bifidus Spinelli and Grogan
No full textBrachypogon (Brachypogon) bifidus Spinelli and Grogan Brachypogon (Brachypogon) bifidus Spinelli and Grogan, 1998: 66 (Dominica); Borkent and Spinelli 2000: 45 (in New World catalog south of the USA; distribution); Borkent and Spinelli 2007: 78 (in Neotropical catalog; distribution). Discussion. This small Neotropical predaceous midge was described by Spinelli and Grogan (1998) from Dominica (type locality) and El Salvador. It is unique among other species in the Brachypogon (B.) impar complex in having a wing with a darkly infuscated membrane and a dark spot distad of the r-m crossvein and a pale spot beyond the dark spot, males are the only species with parameres having a bifid apex, and the antennal flagellum of females with 12 flagellomeres due to a fusion of 12-13. We provide the first records from Guadeloupe. New records. Guadeloupe, Basse Terre, Corrosol, 8-IX-2010, MC Thomas & RH Turnbow, Blacklight trap, 1 male; same data except NE Pigeon (16.14404° N, 61.74977° W), 17-V-2012, R. H. Turnbow, BL trap, 1 male; same data except 23-V-2012, 1 male; same data except Trace des Cretes (D-14), 22-V-2012, 3 males, 1 female. New Guadeloupe record .Published as part of William L. Grogan, Jr., Spinelli, Ronderos, María M. & Carla, 2013, The biting and predaceous midges of Guadeloupe Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). I. Species of the subfamily Ceratopogoninae, pp. 1-21 in Insecta Mundi 2013 (324) on page 6, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.517831
Brachypogon (Brachypogon) woodruffi Spinelli and Grogan
No full textBrachypogon (Brachypogon) woodruffi Spinelli and Grogan Brachypogon (Brachypogon) woodruffi Spinelli and Grogan, 1998: 72 (Dominican Republic); Huerta and Borkent 2005: 118 (Mexico records); Borkent and Spinelli 2000: 46 (in New World catalog south of the USA; distribution); Borkent and Spinelli 2007: 79 (in Neotropical catalog; distribution); Spinelli and Marino 2008: 124 (record from Peru); Swanson and Grogan 2011: 536 (records from Cayman Islands and Florida). Discussion. Spinelli and Grogan (1998) described this very small predaceous midge from the Dominican Republic, and soon after, Huerta and Borkent (2005) recorded it from the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, and Spinelli and Marino (2008) reported it from Peru. Grogan et al. (2010) listed additional specimens from Florida and the Cayman Islands in the FSCA. Swanson and Grogan (2011) described and illustrated additional details of the male genitalia and listed new records from the USA in Florida and the Cayman Islands, described and illustrated a similar related new species from Alabama and Florida (B. laneae), as well as another related species from Florida that they did not name (sp. 9B). Our identification of a single female from Guadeloupe as this species is somewhat tentative despite that it has an antennal flagellum with only 12 flagellomeres due to fusion of primitive 12-13 and very small flagellomeres 4-7, both of which are characteristics of females of B. woodruffi. However, it lacks the partial fusion of flagellomeres 3-4 which is another character of females of B. woodruffi. Spinelli and Grogan (1998) also noted that in this species the wings of females only have 6-7 marginal costal setae, whereas males only have 3 marginal costal setae that are located over their coalesced radial cells (stigma). WLG examined 20 females (including the allotype) and 10 males (including the holotype) of B. woodruffi from the Cayman Islands, Dominican Republic and Florida and recorded 3-4 costal setae in males and 5- 9 costal setae in females. He also examined 5 males and 19 females of B. laneae Swanson and Grogan from Florida as well as the male and female of their unnamed species 9B from that state and recorded 3 costal setae for males of both species and 5-10 costal setae in females of B. laneae and 5-6 setae in the female of sp. 9D. Our Guadeloupe female has 11-12 costal setae, a greater number than previously recorded for females of this species and the very similar, related B. ecuadorensis Spinelli and Grogan that is known from Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador (type locality), Jamaica and Panama, the females of which have 5-9 costal setae. In addition, females of B. ecuadorensis also have an antennal flagellum with 12 flagellomeres (12-13 fused), however, flagellomeres 3-4 are not partially fused and flagellomeres 2-9 are all similar in size, the wing lacks vein M 2 and has a slightly shorter costa (Costal Ratio 0.41-46 vs. 0.44- 46 in B. woodruffi). Finally, males of B. ecuadorensis have an aedeagus with median longitudinal wrinkles, a feature not present in males of other species in the B. woodruffi complex, and their wing also lacks vein M 2. We provide the first records of B. woodruffi from Guadeloupe. New records. Guadeloupe, Basse Terre, Pigeon, 9-IX-2010, MC Thomas & RH Turnbow, Blacklight trap, 1 male; same data except La Trace du Petit-Malendure, 21-V-2012, R. H. Turnbow, BL trap, 1 female. New Guadeloupe record .Published as part of William L. Grogan, Jr., Spinelli, Ronderos, María M. & Carla, 2013, The biting and predaceous midges of Guadeloupe Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). I. Species of the subfamily Ceratopogoninae, pp. 1-21 in Insecta Mundi 2013 (324) on page 7, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.517831
The Neotropical species of the predaceous midge genus Austrohelea Wirth & Grogan (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)
Full text linkRonderos, Maria M., Spinelli, Gustavo R., Grogan, Willliam L. (2017): The Neotropical species of the predaceous midge genus Austrohelea Wirth & Grogan (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Zootaxa 4276 (2): 255-269, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4276.2.
FIGURES 43–46 in Five new species in the predaceous midge genus Macrurohelea Ingram & Macfie from Argentina, and descriptions of the previously unknown males of M. kuscheli Wirth and M. monotheca Spinelli & Grogan (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)
No full textFIGURES 43–46. Macrurohelea monotheca Spinelli & Grogan, male, 43–44. Macrurohelea morenoi n. sp. Holotype male, 45–46. 43, 45 parameres. 44, 46 aedeagus.Published as part of Spinelli, Gustavo R., Ronderos, Maria M. & Grogan, William L., 2022, Five new species in the predaceous midge genus Macrurohelea Ingram & Macfie from Argentina, and descriptions of the previously unknown males of M. kuscheli Wirth and M. monotheca Spinelli & Grogan (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), pp. 445-464 in Zootaxa 5093 (4) on page 462, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5093.4.4, http://zenodo.org/record/591278
Five new species in the predaceous midge genus Macrurohelea Ingram & Macfie from Argentina, and descriptions of the previously unknown males of M. kuscheli Wirth and M. monotheca Spinelli & Grogan (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)
No full textSpinelli, Gustavo R., Ronderos, Maria M., Grogan, William L. (2022): Five new species in the predaceous midge genus Macrurohelea Ingram & Macfie from Argentina, and descriptions of the previously unknown males of M. kuscheli Wirth and M. monotheca Spinelli & Grogan (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Zootaxa 5093 (4): 445-464, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5093.4.
Amerohelea galindoi Grogan and Wirth, 1981: 1294
No full text<i>Amerohelea galindoi</i> Grogan and Wirth <p> <i>Amerohelea galindoi</i> Grogan and Wirth, 1981: 1294 (Colombia; Panama, Venezuela); Borkent and Spinelli 2000: 59 (in New World catalog south of the USA; distribution); Borkent and Spinelli 2007: 92 (in Neotropical catalog; distribution).</p> <p> <b>Discussion.</b> This strictly New World predaceous genus is primarily Neotropical with only one species, <i>A</i>. <i>frontispina</i> (Dow and Turner), occurring in the Nearctic region as far north as California and Texas (Borkent and Grogan 2009). We provide the first Caribbean records of <i>Amerohelea</i> from Guadeloupe.</p> <p> <b>New records.</b> Guadeloupe, Basse Terre, Trace des Cretes (D-14), 22-V-2012, R. H. Turnbow, BL trap, 6 males, 5 females. <b>New Guadeloupe record.</b></p>Published as part of <i>William L. Grogan, Jr., Spinelli, Ronderos, María M. & Carla, 2013, The biting and predaceous midges of Guadeloupe Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). I. Species of the subfamily Ceratopogoninae, pp. 1-21 in Insecta Mundi 2013 (324)</i> on page 11, DOI: <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/5178313">10.5281/zenodo.5178313</a>
Dasyhelea azteca Huerta & Grogan 2006
No full textDasyhelea azteca Huerta & Grogan Dasyhelea azteca Huerta & Grogan, 2006: 893 (Mexico); Borkent 2016: 62 (in online World catalog); Díaz et al. 2018: 7 (Argentina; descriptions and figs. 4 th instar larva, male and female pupae). Diagnosis. The only Neotropical species of the grisea group with the following combination of characters. Males aedeagus with stout posterolateral arms, the right arm much shorter than the left arm; and the posterior margin of the sternite 9 with fine spicules. Females with a broad elliptical, bilobate frontal sclerite with a slender, very long ventral projection; flagellomeres 9-12 without sculpturing, only 13 with distinct sculpturing; and spermatheca pyriform, heavily sclerotized with long curved neck and large surface punctations. Discussion. This recently described species was based on specimens from the states of Morelos (type locality) and Jalisco, Mexico (Huerta & Grogan 2006). It was also recently discovered in the Neotropics from Argentina (Díaz et al. 2018), and in the USA from Florida (Grogan; personal observation). Males are unique in having an aedeagus with unequal length posterolateral arms, but females are nearly identical with females of D. grisea (Coquillett). We provide the first records of D. azteca in the Caribbean region from Curaçao. Material examined. CURAÇAO, Christoffel, Nat. Pk., Weg Narr, Playa Kanoa, 12°9ʹ7.82ʹʹ N, 68°52ʹ9.13ʹʹ W, 10-XI-2014, M. C. Thomas, blacklight trap, 1 male, 1 female; same data except Playa Kanoa Rd., 12°09ʹ33.02ʹʹ N, 68°52ʹ50.36ʹʹ W, 6-XII-2015, R. Turnbow, 3 males; same data except The Woods, 12°21ʹ2.78ʹʹ N, 69°06ʹ13.82ʹʹ W, 7-XII-2015, R. Turnbow, BL trap, 1 female. New Curaçao record.Published as part of Grogan, William L., Díaz, Florentina, Spinelli, Gustavo R. & Ronderos, Maria M., 2019, The Biting Midges of the Caribbean island Curaçao (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) I. Species in the genus Dasyhelea Kieffer, pp. 301-325 in Zootaxa 4700 (3) on page 306, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4700.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/354850
FIGURES 22–25. Macrurohelea morenoi n in Five new species in the predaceous midge genus Macrurohelea Ingram & Macfie from Argentina, and descriptions of the previously unknown males of M. kuscheli Wirth and M. monotheca Spinelli & Grogan (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)
No full textFIGURES 22–25. Macrurohelea morenoi n. sp. Holotype male. 22, head. 23 thorax. 24 wing. 25 genitalia. Scale bars = 0.05 mm.Published as part of Spinelli, Gustavo R., Ronderos, Maria M. & Grogan, William L., 2022, Five new species in the predaceous midge genus Macrurohelea Ingram & Macfie from Argentina, and descriptions of the previously unknown males of M. kuscheli Wirth and M. monotheca Spinelli & Grogan (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), pp. 445-464 in Zootaxa 5093 (4) on page 456, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5093.4.4, http://zenodo.org/record/591278
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