Dasyhelea meloae Díaz & Spinelli, 2011
 
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.
  • 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.
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