Dasyhelea ingrami Díaz & Spinelli, 2014
 
Geographic distribution
Distribution
Record
  • Argentina
    • Chubut
    • Río Negro
Other distribution
 
ingrami Díaz & Spinelli, in Díaz et al., 2014a: 2135 (male, female). Type locality: Argentina, Chubut, 60 km E Tecka, 43°39'47.90"S, 70° 4'40.58"W. HT M (MLPA). Distr. Argentina (Río Negro: meseta de Somuncurá, 18 km S Pailemán, 41º15'27.8''S, 66º02'16.2''W; Rincón de Comi-Có, 41º08'35.1''S, 67º27'34.6''W, 1000 m. Chubut: type locality; Comodoro Rivadavia, 45°51'56.21"S, 67°28'56.07"W; meseta de la Sierra Cuadrada, Estancia Don Eduardo, 44º39'25.9''S, 68º00'09.9''W; Telsen, arroyo Telsen, 42º28'35.2'' S, 66º52'18.0'' W). Refs.: Díaz et al., 2014a: 2135.

Diagnosis: Only species of Dasyhelea in Patagonia with the following combination of characters: male with posterolateral arms of aedeagus single, tapering to anteroventrally recurved tip and paramere and gonocoxal apodemes forming an asymmetrical structure, paramere stout with blunt tip. Female with subgenital plate rounded with posterolateral arms gently curved and spermatheca ovoid with straight neck.


  • 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.:67.
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