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 Subgenus Brachypogon Kieffer, 1899 Type species. Ceratopogon vitiosus Winnertz, 1852 ; by original designation. Diagnosis. Fourth palpal segment with one seta or without (rarely with two); wing with both first radial cells reduced, vein M2 usually absent, wing membrane without macrotrichia; one, rarely two seminal capsules ( Wirth & Grogan 1988 , de Meillon & Wirth 1991 ).