Afrohelea, Wirth, 1965
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5438.1.1 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:2CD64E2C-D575-463F-A8F4-390662DDC9E2 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5875621C-FF74-2997-FF3F-B2E8FB0B7317 |
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Plazi |
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Afrohelea |
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- Hind tibial spur large, robust and forming four strong apical teeth, each extending nearly to the same level. This feature is unique in the Culicomorpha. There are a number of other ceratopogonids in which the spur is large and robust (e.g. Calcarhelea , Capehelea ) but these lack the strong, apical divisions that are characteristic of this monotypic genus.
- Apex of male epandrium with row of 9 setae, each on a lobe. This feature is unique in the family.
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