Chloropid flies (Diptera, Chloropidae) associated with pitcher plants in North America
We review the taxonomy and ecology of Chloropidae (Diptera) associated with pitcher plants (Sarraceniaceae) in North America.Tricimba wheeleriMlynarek sp.n. is described from the pitchers ofSarracenia alataAlph.Wood andS. leucophyllaRaf. in the southeastern United States (Alabama, Mississippi).Aphanotrigonum darlingtoniae(Jones) associated withDarlingtonia californicaTorr. in northern California is redescribed, including the first description of male genitalic characters. A lectotype is designated forA. darlingtoniae. Published records of other species ofTricimbaLioy in pitcher plants in North America are considered accidental or facultative occurrences; published records ofAphanotrigonumDuda as pitcher plant associates in eastern North America are probably errors in identification.