Dasyhelea carlae Díaz & Spinelli, 2014
Holotype male, slide (MLPA)
Geographic distribution
Distribution
Record
- Argentina
- Chubut
- Neuquén
- Río Negro
- Santa Cruz
Other distribution
carlae Díaz & Spinelli, in Díaz et al., 2014a: 2133 (male, female). Type locality: Argentina, Chubut, 16 km SE Paso del Sapo, 42°50'33.49"S, 69°18'34.44"W. HT M (MLPA). Distr. Argentina (Neuquén: 40 km SW Zapala, 39°1'20.84"S, 70°26'14.50"W; PN Nahuel Huapi, río Minero, 40º41'23.5''S, 71º17'33.2''W, 832 m; PN Nahuel Huapi, arroyo León, 40º43'49''S, 71º09'11.6''W, 762 m. Chubut: type locality; Los Altares, 43°52'51.81"S, 68°24'36.64"W; Colonia Sarmiento, Camping La Isla, brazo del río Senguer, 45º33'6.65''S, 69º03'45.5''W, 300 m. Santa Cruz: río Pinturas, 47º09'21.8''S, 70º39'31''W, 570 m). Refs.: Díaz et al., 2014a: 2133.
Diagnosis: Only species of Dasyhelea in Patagonia with the following combination of characters: male with posterolateral arm of aedeagus divided, bearing a mesolateral, short, blunt protuberance directed anterolaterally. Female with subgenital plate semicircular with straight posterolateral arms; legs brown, femora darkest and femorotibial joints dark.
Diagnosis: Only species of Dasyhelea in Patagonia with the following combination of characters: male with posterolateral arm of aedeagus divided, bearing a mesolateral, short, blunt protuberance directed anterolaterally. Female with subgenital plate semicircular with straight posterolateral arms; legs brown, femora darkest and femorotibial joints dark.
- DÍAZ ET AL. 2014. A phylogenetic analysis of the mutabilis species group of Dasyhelea Kieffer, and a taxonomic revision of the Patagonian species (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Journal of Natural History. 48 (35-36): 2117-2175. DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2014.909062:48 (35-36): 2117-2175.
- BORKENT, A. 2016. World species of biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). 245 pp. http://www.inhs.uiuc.edu/research/FLYTREE/CeratopogonidaeCatalog.pdf. Last update May 16, 2016.:63.
