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Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea)
Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) estepae Cazorla & Spinelli, 2015
Holotype male, genitalia (MLPA)
Geographic distribution
Distribution
Record
- Argentina
- Río Negro
Other distribution
estepae Cazorla & Spinelli, 2015: 164 (male, female). Type locality: Argentina, Río Negro, meseta de Somuncura, paraje Chasicó, vertiente, 41°08'28.0''S, 67°35'43.9''W, 961 m. Distr.- Argentina (Río Negro: type locality). Refs.: Cazorla & Spinelli, 2015: 164.
Diagnosis: The only Patagonian species of Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) with wings in which the rm crossvein is interrupted at mid portion and the hind femur is dark brown with pale narrow base. Males tergite 9 with a distomesal, rounded and hyaline protuberance. Females scutellum pale brown with 8 large and 8 thinner setae and mandible with 6 large, coarse teeth.
Diagnosis: The only Patagonian species of Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) with wings in which the rm crossvein is interrupted at mid portion and the hind femur is dark brown with pale narrow base. Males tergite 9 with a distomesal, rounded and hyaline protuberance. Females scutellum pale brown with 8 large and 8 thinner setae and mandible with 6 large, coarse teeth.
- CAZORLA & 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.:155-209.
