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Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea)
Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) ornaticrus Ingram & Macfie, 1931
Holotype male, genitalia, BMNH
Geographic distribution
Distribution
Record
- Argentina
- Neuquén
- Río Negro
Other distribution
Chile
ornaticrus Ingram & Macfie, 1931: 194 (male). Type locality: Chile, Llanquihue, Ensenada. HT M (BMNH). Distr.- Chile, Argentina (Neuquén: PN Nahuel Huapi, Villa La Angostura, 40°45'14.51"S, 71°39'4.31"W. Río Negro, PN Nahuel Huapi, cerro Challhuaco, 41°15'30''S, 71°17'06''W, 1326 m). Refs.: Cazorla & Spinelli, 2015: 179.
Diagnosis: the only Patagonian species of Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) with yellowish brown legs, except hind femur dark brown with basal ring and distal 1/3 pale, scutellum yellowish with more than 25 large and 12 thinner setae. Males parameres rod-shaped, tapering distally to pointed, curved tip. Females sternite 8 rounded with U-shaped posteromedian excavation and spermathecae without neck
Diagnosis: the only Patagonian species of Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) with yellowish brown legs, except hind femur dark brown with basal ring and distal 1/3 pale, scutellum yellowish with more than 25 large and 12 thinner setae. Males parameres rod-shaped, tapering distally to pointed, curved tip. Females sternite 8 rounded with U-shaped posteromedian excavation and spermathecae without neck
- INGRAM, A. & J. W. S. MACFIE. 1931. Ceratopogonidae. In: Diptera of Patagonia and South Chile. Part II. Fasc. 4: 155-232.:155-232.
- CAZORLA, C. G & G. R. 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.:179.
