Alluaudomyia Kieffer, 1913

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 : 556

Genus Alluaudomyia Kieffer, 1913

Type species. Alluaudomyia imparunguis Kieffer, 1913 ; by original designation.

Diagnosis. Eyes bare or pubescent, contiguous or narrowly separated. Flagellum without sensilla coeloconica; katepisternum bare; wing, mesonotum and legs usually ornamented. Third palpal segment with small sensory pit. Wing with one, rarely two radial cells, usually with 1–20 small dark spots; female claws long, usually very unequal, sometimes subequal on fore and mid legs, very unequal on hind leg, each without basal tooth; female with one or two seminal capsules ( Wirth & Grogan 1988, de Meillon & Wirth 1991). This worldwide distributed genus includes 205 species ( Borkent 2015).

Discussion. From the Middle East four species listed below are reported. We do not include here Afrotropical A. vudu de Meillon & Hardy, 1954 despite Ghonaim et al. (2001) listed it from Egypt. The latter authors cited incorrectly report by Macfie (1943) who determined from Egypt true A. melanosticta ( Ingram & Macfie 1922) .