Dasyhelea tehuelche Díaz & Spinelli, 2014
slide holotipo male
Geographic distribution
Distribution
Record
- Argentina
- Río Negro
Other distribution
Chile
tehuelche Díaz & Spinelli, in Díaz et al., 2014a: 2160 (male, female). Type locality: Santa Cruz, lago del Desierto, 49°05’0.71”S, 72°53'32.61"W. HT M (MLPA). Distr. Chile, Argentina (Rio Negro: PN Nahuel Huapi, río Manso medio, La Cantera, 41º21'16''S, 71º42'27.3''W, 764 m. Santa Cruz: type locality). Refs.: Díaz et al., 2014a: 2160.
Diagnosis. Only species of Dasyhelea in Patagonia with the following combination of characters: male with posterolateral arms of aedeagus divided and posteromedian projection triangular with bifid, ventrally recurved tip. Female with subgenital plate semicircular with broad lumen, posteromedian projection absent; legs with coxae, trochanters and femora dark brown, tibiae pale brown and tarsomeres 1-4 whitish; PR 2.80-3.60.
Diagnosis. Only species of Dasyhelea in Patagonia with the following combination of characters: male with posterolateral arms of aedeagus divided and posteromedian projection triangular with bifid, ventrally recurved tip. Female with subgenital plate semicircular with broad lumen, posteromedian projection absent; legs with coxae, trochanters and femora dark brown, tibiae pale brown and tarsomeres 1-4 whitish; PR 2.80-3.60.
- 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.:73.
