Ceratopogon Meigen, 1803

Alwin-Kownacka, Alicja, Szadziewski, Ryszard & Szwedo, Jacek, 2016, Biting midges of the tribe Ceratopogonini (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from the Middle East, with keys and descriptions of new species, Zootaxa 4079 (5), pp. 551-572 : 560

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4079.5.3

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5700877

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Ceratopogon Meigen, 1803
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Genus Ceratopogon Meigen, 1803 View in CoL View at ENA

Type species. Tipula barbicornis Linnaeus, 1758 (misidentified = Ceratopogon communis Meigen ), by monotypy.

Diagnosis. Eyes pubescent, narrowly separated; first antennal flagellomere with sensilla coeloconica, all flagellomeres separated; katepisternum bare, without setae; wing with two radial cells; Legs slender, unarmed with spines; fourth tarsomere cordiform. Female with three seminal capsules. Aedeagus with 2 submedian and 2 lateral prongs, parameres usually separate. Palisade setae on hind leg in a single row on proximal 2/3 ( Wirth & Grogan 1988, Borkent & Grogan 1995). This Holarctic genus includes 41 extant species ( Borkent 2015).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Ceratopogonidae

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