Brachypogon Kieffer, 1899

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 : 558

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4079.5.3
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5700855
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scientific name	Brachypogon Kieffer, 1899
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Genus Brachypogon Kieffer, 1899 View in CoL

Type species. Ceratopogon vitiosus Winnertz, 1852 ; by original designation.

Diagnosis. Eyes pubescent, contiguous; antennal flagellum usually with 13 flagellomeres, first flagellomere with sensilla coeloconica. In male flagellomeres 4–11 usually fused, distal 3 flagellomeres elongate; katepisternum of thorax with at least one seta; femora unarmed, usually slender ( Wirth & Grogan 1988, de Meillon & Wirth 1991). This worldwide- distributed genus includes 200 species ( Borkent 2015).