Dasyhelea yamana Díaz & Spinelli, 2014
slide holotipo male
Geographic distribution
Distribution
Record
- Argentina
- Tierra del Fuego
Other distribution
yamana Díaz & Spinelli, in Díaz et al., 2014a: 2164 (male, female). Type locality: Tierra del Fuego, Estancia Harberton, 54°52'40.82"S, 67°19'43.09"W. HT M (MLPA). Distr. Argentina (Tierra del Fuego: type locality). Refs.: Díaz et al., 2014a: 2164.
Diagnosis. Only species of Dasyhelea in Patagonia with the following combination of characters: male with posterolateral arms of aedeagus divided and apex of paramere bifid, each prong very slender with sharply pointed tip. Female with subgenital plate semicircular with broad reniform lumen, posteromedian projection absent; spermatheca spherical, heavily sclerotized with short, straight, tapered hyaline neck; legs pale brown except tarsomeres 1-4 whitish and tarsomeres 5 infuscated; PR 4.00-4.80.
Diagnosis. Only species of Dasyhelea in Patagonia with the following combination of characters: male with posterolateral arms of aedeagus divided and apex of paramere bifid, each prong very slender with sharply pointed tip. Female with subgenital plate semicircular with broad reniform lumen, posteromedian projection absent; spermatheca spherical, heavily sclerotized with short, straight, tapered hyaline neck; legs pale brown except tarsomeres 1-4 whitish and tarsomeres 5 infuscated; PR 4.00-4.80.
- 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.:76.
