Dasyhelea allegrae Díaz, 2018
Holotype male with pupal exuviae, slide (MLPA)
Geographic distribution
Distribution
Record
- Argentina
- Catamarca
Other distribution
allegrae Díaz, in Díaz et al., 2018b: 15 (male, pupa). Type locality: Catamarca, Departamento Andalgalá, río Las Quintas and provincial Rt. 341, 27°22'06.5''S, 65°58'52.5''W, 1557 m. HT M (MLPA). Distr. Argentina (Catamarca: type locality). Refs.: Díaz et al., 2018b: 15.
Diagnosis: The only Neotropical species of the mutabilis group with thefollowing combination of characters: males with legs entirely pale brown, apicolateral process of tergite 9 bifid at extreme tip, paramere with J-shaped distal portion, and aedeagus lacking pos-teromedian projection, posterolateral arms divergent, each with recurved pointed tip; females unknown. Pupa with respiratory organ paddle-shaped, with labyrinthic ducts opened by uncountable pores and basal portion dark brown, slender and annulate.
Diagnosis: The only Neotropical species of the mutabilis group with thefollowing combination of characters: males with legs entirely pale brown, apicolateral process of tergite 9 bifid at extreme tip, paramere with J-shaped distal portion, and aedeagus lacking pos-teromedian projection, posterolateral arms divergent, each with recurved pointed tip; females unknown. Pupa with respiratory organ paddle-shaped, with labyrinthic ducts opened by uncountable pores and basal portion dark brown, slender and annulate.
- DÍAZ, F., G. R. SPINELLI & MARÍA M. RONDEROS. 2018. Two new species of Dasyhelea Kieffer and the immature of D. azteca Huerta & Grogan from northwestern Argentina (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Zoologischer Anzeiger. 272: 6-19.:6-19.
