Two new species of predatory biting midges of the genus Alluaudomyia from Europe and the Canary Islands (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)

Ryszard Szadziewski; Patrycja Dominiak; Serhii Filatov

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4039.2.8

Two new species of predatory biting midges of the genus Alluaudomyia from Europe and the Canary Islands (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)

Zootaxa. 2015 Nov 5;4039(2):345-58. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4039.2.8.

Authors

Ryszard Szadziewski¹, Patrycja Dominiak¹, Serhii Filatov²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Invertebrate Zoology and Parasitology, University of Gdańsk, Wita Stwosza 59, 80-308 Gdańsk, Poland; Email: unknown.
² Laboratory of Parasitology, National Scientific Center "Institute of Experimental and Clinical Veterinary Medicine", Puskinska 83, 61023 Kharkiv, Ukraine; Email: unknown.

PMID: 26624483
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4039.2.8

Abstract

Alluaudomyia canariensis Szadziewski & Dominiak sp. nov. from the Canary Islands and A. wyskokensis Szadziewski & Dominiak sp. nov. from Poland and Ukraine are described and illustrated. The genus Alluaudomyia is reported from the Canary Islands for the first time. The article is supplemented with a checklist and an identification key for the species so far recorded from Europe and the Canary Islands.

MeSH terms

Animal Distribution
Animal Structures / anatomy & histology
Animal Structures / growth & development
Animals
Body Size
Ceratopogonidae / anatomy & histology
Ceratopogonidae / classification*
Ceratopogonidae / growth & development
Europe
Female
Islands
Male
Organ Size