Sphaeromias Curtis, 1829

Alwin-Kownacka, Alicja, Szadziewski, Ryszard & Szwedo, Jacek, 2017, Predatory midges of the tribes Palpomyiini and Sphaeromiini (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from the Middle East, with keys and descriptions of new species, European Journal of Taxonomy 318, pp. 1-30 : 25

Genus Sphaeromias Curtis, 1829

Type species

Sphaeromias albomarginatus Curtis, 1829 ; by original designation.

Diagnosis

Large, grayish pollinose midges. Legs slender; femora with numerous spines; hind tibia with long dorsal spine-like setae; female tarsomeres 5 with numerous slender batonnets; female claws large, curved, equal, with long, slender, sharp basal inner teeth. Wings with 2 radial cells; female costa long, extending nearly to wing tip. Male gonocoxite and gonostylus elongate; aedeagus with broad, cap-like apex; parameres fused, Y-shaped, distal portion becoming increasingly broader distally, apex rounded, setose (de Meillon & Wirth 1991). Female abdomen without pair of sclerites or setal tufts on sternite VIII; 2 seminal capsules.