Austrosphaeromias

Borkent, Art, 2024, The Phylogeny of the Genera of Biting Midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) of the World, Zootaxa 5438 (1), pp. 1-274 : 234-235

Austrosphaeromias :

- Male with three stout spines on its foretarsomere 5. This feature is unique in the Culicomorpha. However, some

Probezzia have a single stout spine and some Macropeza have a somewhat stronger seta. These are likely non-

homologous to those in Austrosphaeromias . - Female with abdominal sternite 8 with anteromedial cluster of stout setae. This feature is nearly unique in the

Culicomorpha but is approximated by some Neotropical Palpomyia in the distincta group, which have well developed additional lobes ( Spinelli et al. 2009b), absent in Austrosphaeromias ( Spinelli et al. 2015) .