Brachypogon (B.) vitiosus Winnertz, 1852

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 : 559

Brachypogon (B.) vitiosus Winnertz, 1852

Ceratopogon vitiosus Winnertz, 1852: 49 (male, female, Germany).

Ceratopogon (Brachypogon) vitiosus: Szadziewski & Havelka 1984: 350 (male, female, Afghanistan, Algeria, Estonia, France, Germany, Lithuania, Japan, Poland, Russia: Caucasus, Middle Asia, Siberia, Spain); Országh & Chalupský 1987: 50 ( Slovakia); Dominiak et al. 2014: 134 (male, Israel, distribution).

Diagnosis. This species can be recognized by presenting following features: fourth palpal segment without long setae. Male genitalia with gonostyle slender and long; parameres fused, into single plate; aedeagus broad with rounded apex. Female with one seminal capsule ( Szadziewski & Havelka 1984).

Material examined. ISRAEL, ‘ Enot Zuqim, 19.V.1998, 1 male, leg. O. Manheim.

Distribution. Widely distributed Palaearctic species reported from Afghanistan, Algeria, Armenia, Austria, China, Estonia, France, Georgia, Germany, Israel, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, Tajikistan ( Országh & Chalupský 1987, Dominiak et al. 2014).