Biting midges of the tribe Ceratopogonini (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from the Middle East, with keys and descriptions of new species Author Alwin-Kownacka, Alicja Author Szadziewski, Ryszard Author Szwedo, Jacek text Zootaxa 2016 2016-02-16 4079 5 551 572 journal article 31500 10.11646/zootaxa.4079.5.3 7f223778-dd55-45a1-9878-88ae789e57ac 1175-5326 1050879 CC01F586-597F-4C42-9F87-DBD81CF5AAC2 Genus Ceratopogon Meigen, 1803 Type species. Tipula barbicornis Linnaeus, 1758 (misidentified = Ceratopogon communis Meigen ), by monotypy. Diagnosis. Eyes pubescent, narrowly separated; first antennal flagellomere with sensilla coeloconica, all flagellomeres separated; katepisternum bare, without setae; wing with two radial cells; Legs slender, unarmed with spines; fourth tarsomere cordiform. Female with three seminal capsules. Aedeagus with 2 submedian and 2 lateral prongs, parameres usually separate. Palisade setae on hind leg in a single row on proximal 2/3 ( Wirth & Grogan 1988 , Borkent & Grogan 1995 ). This Holarctic genus includes 41 extant species ( Borkent 2015 ).