Brachypogon (Isohelea) aethiopicus ( Clastrier, Rioux & Descous, 1961 )

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.5700873
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scientific name	Brachypogon (Isohelea) aethiopicus ( Clastrier, Rioux & Descous, 1961 )
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Brachypogon (Isohelea) aethiopicus ( Clastrier, Rioux & Descous, 1961) View in CoL

Ceratopogon (Brachypogon) aethiopicum Clastrier, Rioux & Descous, 1961: 87 (male, Chad); Clastrier & Wirth 1961: 223 (male, Ethiopia).

Brachypogon (Isohelea) aethiopicum: Grogan & de Meillon 1993: 406 (male, Zimbabwe).

Isohelea aethiopica: de Meillon & Downes 1986: 156 (male, South Africa).

Brachypogon (Isohelea) aethiopica: Boorman & van Harten 2002: 452 View in CoL (male, Yemen). Brachypogon (Isohelea) aethiopicus: Borkent 2015: 115 View in CoL (catalogue); Dominiak et al. 2014: 134 (male, Israel).

Diagnosis. Males of the species are characteristic in having simple gonostylus, aedeagus triangular with forked apex, parameres U-shaped (Clastrier et al. 1961). Female unknown.

Material examined. LEBANON. Jabal ech Chaaibe, III. 2013, 1 male, A. Alwin (CEI UG) ; ISRAEL, Herzliyya , beach, 27. VIII.2007, 5 males, leg. A. Freidberg ( TAU).

Distribution. Afrotropical species recorded from Chad, Ethiopia, Israel, South Africa, Yemen and Zimbabwe. From Lebanon reported for the first time.