First records for Czechia of Forcipomyia paludis (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), a midge parasitizing dragonfly imagines (Odonata: Coenagrionidae, Aeshnidae)
2014
Abstract
Three findings of Forcipomyia paludis are reported, representing the first records of this biting midge for Czechia. On 23 June 2013 one female attached to the wings of a female Coenagrion puella was photographically documented near Lysá nad Labem ca 30 km northeast of Prague.
Two further specimens were discovered in the author's photographic archive, both attached to wings of male Aeshna isoceles. These records originated from West and South Bohemia on 3 June and 6 June 2011, respectively.