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Ceratopogonidae
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Ceratopogoninae
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Stilobezzia
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Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea)
Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) longisternalis Cazorla & Spinelli, 2012
Holotype male
Geographic distribution
Distribution
Record
- Argentina
- Río Negro
Other distribution
longisternalis Cazorla & Spinelli, 2012b: 188 (male, female). Type locality: Argentina, Río Negro, PN Nahuel Huapi, arroyo Ñireco, complejo Challhuaco, 41º11'51.9''S, 71º19'40''W, 962 m. HT M (MLPA). Distr.- Argentina (Río Negro: type locality; PN Nahuel Huapi, mallín Los Patos, 41º15'48.6''S, 71º17'50.3''W, 1020 m). Refs.: Cazorla & Spinelli, 2012b: 188; Cazorla & Spinelli, 2015: 169.
Diagnosis: the only Patagonian species of Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) in which males have the sternite 9 with an elongate, slender posteromedian projection. Females scutum with 14 large and 13 thinner setae and the abdomen brown except the abdominal segment 8 heavily sclerotized.
Diagnosis: the only Patagonian species of Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) in which males have the sternite 9 with an elongate, slender posteromedian projection. Females scutum with 14 large and 13 thinner setae and the abdomen brown except the abdominal segment 8 heavily sclerotized.
- CAZORLA & SPINELLI. 2012b. A new species of the predaceous midge genus Stilobezzia Kieffer from the Nahuel Huapi National Park, Argentina (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Rev. Soc. Entomol. Argent. 71: 187-190.:187-190.
- CAZORLA, C. G & G. R. SPINELLI. 2015. A revision of the Patagonian predaceous midges of the subgenus Acanthohelea of Stilobezzia excluding the S. (A.) edwardsi group (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). J. Nat. Hist. 49: 155-209.:169.
