Biting midges of the tribe Ceratopogonini (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from the Middle East, with keys and descriptions of new species

Alicja Alwin-Kownacka; Ryszard Szadziewski; Jacek Szwedo

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4079.5.3

Biting midges of the tribe Ceratopogonini (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from the Middle East, with keys and descriptions of new species

Zootaxa. 2016 Feb 16;4079(5):551-72. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4079.5.3.

Authors

Alicja Alwin-Kownacka¹, Ryszard Szadziewski², Jacek Szwedo³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Invertebrate Zoology and Parasitology, University of Gdańsk, 59, Wita Stwosza Street, PL80-308, Poland.; Email: alicja.alwin@biol.ug.edu.pl.
² Department of Invertebrate Zoology and Parasitology, University of Gdańsk, 59, Wita Stwosza Street, PL80-308, Poland.; Email: ryszard.szadziewski@biol.ug.edu.pl.
³ Department of Invertebrate Zoology and Parasitology, University of Gdańsk, 59, Wita Stwosza Street, PL80-308, Poland.; Email: jacek.szwedo@biol.ug.edu.pl.

PMID: 27394208
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4079.5.3

Abstract

Middle East predatory biting midges of the tribe Ceratopogonini, covering 22 species of 7 genera are reviewed. Three new species are described and illustrated: Allohelea israelensis Szadziewski & Alwin sp. nov., Kolenohelea levantica Szadziewski & Alwin sp. nov. and Serromyia galilaeae Szadziewski & Alwin sp. nov. The genus Boreohelea Clastrier & Delécolle, 1990 syn. nov. is recognized as a junior synonym of Allohelea Kieffer, 1917. Thysanognathus nilogenes Kieffer, 1925 syn. nov. from Egypt is a junior synonym of Alluaudomyia melanosticta (Ingram & Macfie, 1922). Keys to identification of subfamilies, tribes, genera and species of Ceratopogonini of the Middle East are also provided.

MeSH terms

Animal Distribution
Animal Structures / anatomy & histology
Animal Structures / growth & development
Animals
Body Size
Ceratopogonidae / anatomy & histology
Ceratopogonidae / classification*
Ceratopogonidae / growth & development
Ecosystem
Female
Male
Middle East
Organ Size