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 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 .