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
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Zootaxa
2016
2016-02-16
4079
5
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journal article
31500
10.11646/zootaxa.4079.5.3
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1175-5326
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Key to species of
Brachypogon
1. Wing with both radial cells obliterated.................................................................... 2.................................................................................. subgenus
Brachypogon
- Wing with two distinct radial cells........................................................................ 6...................................................................................... subgenus
Isohelea
2. Gonostylus short, 1.5–1.8 times shorter than gonocoxite...................................................... 3
- Gonostylus long, nearly as long as gonocoxite.............................................................. 4
3. Parameres well developed, readily visible.........................................
B. (B.) afifi
Boorman & Harten
- Parameres indistinct, barely visible.............................................
B. (B.) obesus
Szadziewski
et al.
4. Apical portion of aedeagus slender............................................
B. (B.) yarimii
Boorman & Harten
- Apical portion of aedeagus broad......................................................................... 5
5. Parameres as long as aedeagus......................................................
B. (B.) vitiosus
(Winnertz)
- Parameres distinctly shorter than aedeagus......................................
B. (B.) arabicus
Szadziewski
et al.
6. Gonostylus deeply bifurcate...................................................
B. (I.) freidbergi
Dominiak
et al.
- Gonostylus simple.................................................................................... 7
7. Aedeagus triangular, with divided apex.........................................
B. (I.) aethiopicus
(Clastrier
et al.
)
- Aedeagus tongue-like, with simple blunt apex.................................
B. (I.) vanharteni
Szadziewski
et al.