From time to time, new taxa are
added to the various checklists
maintained on
this site. Below is a quick summary of some recent additions or
corrections/updates.
(last update 27 November 2009)
Florida
Chironomidae
Chironomus columbiensis Wülker,
Sublette, Morath & Martin belatedly added
30-ix-2009
Zavrelia
aristata Ekrem &
Stur added
13-ii-2009
Parachironomus
longistilus
Paggi - Martin Spies has recently "split" P. supparilis into three species;
the species we have here is P.
longistilus. See: Spies, M. 2008. Parachironomus valdiviensis, spec.
nov., and other changes to nomenclature of Neotropical Chironomidae
(Insecta, Diptera). Spixiana 31: 173-175.
21-v-2008
Cladotanytarsus
sp. C
[Suwannee River (Madison Co.), Alapaha and Withlacoochee Rivers
(Hamilton Co.), Cow Creek (Gilchrist Co.); fide Todd Risk (FDEP)]
Tanytarsus bromelicola
Cranston [recently described in Cranston, P.S. 2007. A new species for
a bromeliad phytotelm-dwelling Tanytarsus
(Diptera: Chironomidae). Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 100: 617-622]
5-iv-2008
Parakiefferiella
sp. F
"added"; this corrects an oversight on my part (formerly called "Stilocladius? sp."). Thanks to Todd
Risk (FDEP) for pointing this out to me!
1-xi-2007
Stempellinella
fimbriata Ekrem
[replaces my Stempellinella
sp. A]
S.
leptocelloides (Webb)
[replaces my S. cf. leptocelloides]
1-viii-2007
Cladotanytarsus
acornutus
Jacobsen & Bilyj [new species described from southern Florida]
Polypedilum
epleri Oyewo
& Jacobsen [my Polypedilum
sp. A]
11-vi-2007
Monopelopia
caraguata Mendes, Marcondes
& de Pinho [Neotropical species found in Everglades by Rick
Jacobsen]
Pseudorthocladius
destitus Sæther & Sublette [Minnow Creek, Jackson Co.,
leg. Dana Denson, FDEP]
Polypedilum nubifer (Skuse)
[Everglades and southern Florida; Rick Jacobsen; Todd Risk, FDEP]
31-x-2006
Conchapelopia aleta Roback
Hudsonimyia cf. parrishi Caldwell &
Soponis
Krenopelopia hudsoni
Roback
Zavrelimyia thryptica
(Sublette) complex
Cricotopus cf. albiforceps (Kieffer)
C. cf. fugax (Johannsen)
Parametriocnemus
hamatus (Johannsen)
Pseudorthocladius
macrovirgatus
Sæther
Micropsectra
cf. nigripila (Johannsen)
M. cf. polita (Malloch)
2-vi-2005
Nanocladius
(Plecopteracoluthus)
sp. # 5 Jacobsen
Saetheria hirta Sæther
Tanytarsus sp. Y Epler
7-vii-2004
Florida
water beetles
DYTISCIDAE
Prodaticus
added, includes P. bimarginatus
and P. rimosus. The two
included species were formerly placed in the subgenus H. (Guignotites); this is a junior
synonym of Prodaticus, which
has been elevated to full genus status. See: Miller, K.B.,
Bergsten, J. & M.F. Whiting. 2009. Phylogeny and classification of
the tribe Hydaticini (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae): partition choice for
Bayesian analysis with multiple nuclear and mitochondrial
protein-coding genes. Zoologica Scripta, 1-25. [note: this is based on
a pre-print; the paper apparently has not yet been "officially
published"]
9-vi-2009
Matus
bicarinatus (Say) [Blackwater River and Escambia River, Santa
Rosa Co., leg. Dana Denson & Andy Rasmussen]
5-iv-2008
Dytiscus
carolinus Aubé
[Apalachicola Bluffs and Ravines Preserve, leg. D. Almquist, Florida
Natural Areas Inventory]
9-v-2007
Hydroporus
pseudoniger
Nilsson & Fery [nom. nov. for ruficeps Aubé]
28-xii-2006
Acilius confusus Bergsten
Derovatellus
floridanus Fall [reinstated as full species]
13-iii-2006
ELMIDAE
Stenelmis mera Sanderson [Brushy Creek, McDavid Creek, Pine
Barren Creek, Ecambia Co., leg. Andy Rasmussen & Dana Denson]
S. morsei White [Brushy Creek,
Escambia Co. leg. Andy Rasmussen and Dana Denson]
31-v-2008
Oulimnius
nitidulus (LeConte)
14-ii-2006
GYRINIDAE
Spanglerogyrus
albiventris
Folkerts
12-viii-2005
Gyrinus marginellus Fall
7-vii-2004
HALIPLIDAE
added Peltodytes
pedunculatus to Florida fauna [fide Nilsson & Vondel 2005.
World Catalogue of Insects. Vol 7.]
4-xii-2008
Removed Peltodytes
pedunculatus pending examination of specimen
11-xii-2008
HYDROPHILIDAE
Changed Phaenonotum
minor to P. minus
(gender concordance)
6-viii-2009
Changed record for Laccobius
minutoides to L. reflexipenis.
23-vii-2009
added Cercyon
crocatus Smetana [I missed the FL record for this taxon
previously]
Laccobius
minutoides d'Orchymont [a new genus and species record for FL;
Big Escambia Creek, Escambia Co., leg. Andy Rasmussen & Dana Denson]
14-viii-2008
The previous (31-v-2008) record for Cercyon
mendax Smetana [Arbuckle Creek, Highlands Co., leg. Dana &
Edie Denson] is incorrect; this record refers to C. floridanus Horn. The
species is still recorded for Florida in Hansen, M. 1999. World
Catalogue of Insects, Volume 2, Hydrophiloidea (s. str.) (Coleoptera).
Apollo Books, 416 pp.
30-vii-2008
SCIRTIDAE
added Scirtes
oblongus Guérin-Méneville [new species for
Florida, USA and Nearctic]. Removed Scirtes
sp. 2
14-vi-2009
added Cyphon
spp. 3, 4, 5. Added Sarabandus
robustus to Florida fauna [Paynes Prairie, Gainesville]. Changed
Elodes pulchella to Sacodes pulchella.
4-xii-2008
added Sacodes
thoracica
(Guérin-Méneville) as a taxon that might
occur in
Florida
7-i-2007
Florida
water bugs
CORIXIDAE
Hesperocorixa
obliqua (Hungerford) [Pine Barren Creek, Escambia Co.]
Sigara
mississippiensis Hungerford [Pine Barren Creek, Escambia Co.]
27-xi-2009
Trichocorixa
macroceps (Kirkaldy) [Manning
Creek, Santa Rosa Co.]
3-vi-2006
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