Dasyhelea meloae Díaz & Spinelli, 2011
Holotype male, slide (MLPA)
Geographic distribution
Distribution
Record
- Argentina
- Chubut
- Río Negro
Other distribution
meloae Díaz & Spinelli, in Díaz et al., 2011: 37 (male). Type locality: Argentina, Río Negro, meseta de Somuncurá, Estancia El Rincón, 40°59'24.1''S, 66°40'35.7''W, 620 m. HT M (MLPA). Distr. Argentina (Río Negro: type locality; national Rt. 23, 13 km E Clemente Onelli, 41°17'12.12"S, 69°54'28.51"W. Chubut: meseta de la Sierra Cuadrada, Estancia Don Eduardo, 44º39'25.9''S, 68º00'09.9''W). Refs.: Díaz et al., 2011: 37.
Diagnosis. The only Neotropical Dasyhelea with male sternite 9 conspicuous, gonocoxite with short and double curved anteromedian process and symmetrical parameres fused to small posteromedian projection, cubital fork slightly distad to end of costa. Female unknown.
Diagnosis. The only Neotropical Dasyhelea with male sternite 9 conspicuous, gonocoxite with short and double curved anteromedian process and symmetrical parameres fused to small posteromedian projection, cubital fork slightly distad to end of costa. Female unknown.
- DÍAZ ET AL. 2011. Six new species of Dasyhelea (Insecta, Diptera, Ceratopogonidae) from Patagonia. Iheringia, Série Zoologia. 101 (1-2): 33-42.:101(1-2): 33-42.
- 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.:69.
