Acanthohelea Kieffer, 1917

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 : 568

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4079.5.3
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:CC01F586-597F-4C42-9F87-DBD81CF5AAC2
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5700895
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scientific name	Acanthohelea Kieffer, 1917
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Subgenus Acanthohelea Kieffer, 1917

Type species. Acanthohelea pruinosa Kieffer, 1917 ; by monotypy.

Diagnosis. Top of the wing with macrotrichia. Male genitalia: aedeagus bent, with a bulge in the middle. Femora without spines, legs with strong setae, especially tibiae; fifth tarsomere rarely with ventral spines. One or two seminal capsules present ( Wirth & Grogan 1988, Alwin & Szadziewski 2012).