The West Palearctic biting midge Forcipomyia paludis (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae): first evidence as a parasite on Odonata wings from the Caucasus ecoregion

The biting midge Forcipomyia paludis (Macfie, 1936) was found parasitizing seven Odonata species and subspecies in Georgia, southern Caucasus ecoregion, ca 1 800 km east of the nearest known occurrence in Europe. It is suggested that the distribution of this spe¬cies ranges continuously from Ireland and Spain to the Caucasu