Are there any biogeography, taxonomy, entomology type folks out there?

If that is a 'yes'...I have a question. I think I know the answer, but looking for discussion. (for those of you who disdain shoptalk, we apologize, in advance). I'm reviewing biological data from a US National Survey. I've come across two names, genus level, of midges that have previously been known from only Europe. I've been doing this for 30+ years, and am a bit flabbergasted. Thoughts?

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Could be just a mistake? When was the survey recorded? Is this particular survey digital, if so someone could search for instances of that name, and/or figure out who recorded it.

@b4cks4w All of these are possibilities. Still working on it. I suspect there have been some new combinations of holarctic taxa, but don't know yet. The principal taxonomists should know. Just came across this today.

@b4cks4w If you're interested, I'll let you know when I have more feedback from the taxonomists. Should be in the next couple of days or so.

@celticsfanaticentomologist
Sure, always curious. I'm coming from the information classification/categorization domain (Taxonomy/ontology), not biology per se, but have a bit of bio background.

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