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
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4079.5.3
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1175-5326
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Genus
Stilobezzia
Kieffer, 1911
Type species.
Stilobezzia festiva
Kieffer, 1911
; by original designation.
Diagnosis.
Third palpomere with small sensory pit. Legs slender, fore femora usually unarmed, rarely with ventral spines; male claws short and equal, female claws single and long, with basal tooth. Female genitalia with two seminal capsules, rarely with three or one. Aedeagus of male genitalia with pair of oblique lateral sclerites, straight or S-shaped; parameres separate, straight or curved; gonocoxite simple or with lobes or tubercles on inner side (
Alwin & Szadziewski 2012
). The worldwide-distributed genus includes 348 species (
Borkent 2015
).
Key to species of
Stilobezzia
1. Wings with dark patch over the vein r-m and clear spot reaching costa, radial cell....
S. (S.) harurii
Boorman & van Harten
- Wings without spots.................................................................
S. (
A
.) douryi
Clastrier