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
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10.11646/zootaxa.4079.5.3
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Alluaudomyia marmorata
(
Carter, Ingram & Macfie, 1921
)
Prionognathus marmoratus
Carter, Ingram & Macfie, 1921
: 312
(male, female, Ghana).
Alluaudomyia marmorata
:
Macfie 1947
: 76
(female, Sudan); Boorman & van
Harten 2002
: 450
(female, Yemen).
Diagnosis.
This species can be recognized by having following features: wing with two small dark spots, one covering end of the costa, second one covering the cross vein; female claws long, equal and simple on all legs. Females have two seminal capsules with diverticula; parameres in male genitalia stout, short and arch-shaped, end of gonostyle thin and sharp (
Carter
et al.
1921
).
Distribution.
Afrotropical species reported from
Ghana
and
Sudan
. In Middle East recorded only from
Yemen
.