taxonID	type	description	language	source
03FE9D66FFA1D83531A6F5E6FB1BF8B4.taxon	description	3.1. Redescription	en	Jiang, Xiaohong, Xie, Yao, Chen, Tingting, Li, Zhuoyue, Zhang, Guojiang, Liu, Qiongyou (2025): A novel geographic population of Dasyhelea ludingensis Zhang & Yu from Guizhou Province, China (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Zootaxa 5689 (3): 581-591, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5689.3.9, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5689.3.9
03FE9D66FFA1D83531A6F5E6FB1BF8B4.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Female: Body pale brown to dark brown. Head dark brown. Scutum dark brown uniformly (Figure 2 A) or with yellow lines (Figure 2 B), spots (Figure 2 C) or areas (Figure 2 D – F). Scutellum yellow-green, postscutellum pale brown. Halteres light brown, with white knob. Abdomen brown, membranes between sclerites and abdominal segments yellow. Legs light brown.	en	Jiang, Xiaohong, Xie, Yao, Chen, Tingting, Li, Zhuoyue, Zhang, Guojiang, Liu, Qiongyou (2025): A novel geographic population of Dasyhelea ludingensis Zhang & Yu from Guizhou Province, China (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Zootaxa 5689 (3): 581-591, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5689.3.9, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5689.3.9
03FE9D66FFA1D83531A6F5E6FB1BF8B4.taxon	description	Description. Female: Eyes pubescent (Figure 3 A, 4 A – C), separated by less than 1 facet (Figure 3 B, 4 A, C). Frontal sclerite rhombic, with long processes (Figure 3 B, Figure 4 A). Antenna with 13 flagellomeres, without sculptured; flagellomeres cylindrical, with sensilla chaetica, sensilla trichodea and sensilla basiconica, terminal flagellomere without apical papilla (Figure 3 A, 4 D – F); AR 0.75 – 0.87 (0.80, n = 22). Apex of labrum with sensilla trichodea (Figure 4 G). Maxillary palp with 5 segments (Figure 3 C); segment 3 cylindrical, with 6 – 8 capitates sensillae scattered on the basal half surface (Figure 4 H); segment 5 subcylindrical, with long setae (Figure 4 I); PR 2.13 – 3.33 (2.87, n = 22). Clypeus with 3 pairs of setae (Figure 3 C). Thorax. Scutum dark brown uniformly (Figure 2 A) or with yellow lines (Figure 2 B), spots (Figure 2 C) or areas (Figure 2 D – F). Scutellum with 6 – 7 setae (Figure 4 J). Wing (Figure 3 D) membrane with microtrichia, macrotrichia especially on veins, distal portion and along wing margin; costa extending to about mid – length of wing; 1 st radial cell completely obliterated, 2 nd radial cell rectangular; wing length 0.69 – 0.88 (0.79, n = 22) mm, wing width 0.28 – 0.38 (0.34, n = 22) mm, CR 0.50 – 0.54 (0.52, n = 22). Legs light brown; tarsi with 5 tarsomeres, claws small, equal-sized, slightly curved inside, (Figure 4 K); hind tibia with 5 – 7 terminal spines (Figure 3 E, Figure 4 L); prothoracic tarsal ratio 1.77 – 2.64 (1.99, n = 22); mesothoracic tarsal ratio 2.06 – 2.40 (2.26, n = 22); metathoracic tarsal ratio 1.97 – 2.41 (2.12, n = 22). Abdomen. Brown. One ovoid spermatheca, measuring 27.50 – 55.00 (45.00, n = 22) μm × 22.50 – 35.00 (30.00, n = 22) μm, with short and twisted neck and the subgenital plate arch-shaped. (Figure 3 F). Cerci ovoid. Male. Unknown	en	Jiang, Xiaohong, Xie, Yao, Chen, Tingting, Li, Zhuoyue, Zhang, Guojiang, Liu, Qiongyou (2025): A novel geographic population of Dasyhelea ludingensis Zhang & Yu from Guizhou Province, China (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Zootaxa 5689 (3): 581-591, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5689.3.9, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5689.3.9
03FE9D66FFA1D83531A6F5E6FB1BF8B4.taxon	distribution	3.2. Distribution China (Beijing, Shanxi, Shandong, Henan, Shaanxi, Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Hunan, Hubei, Sichuan, Chongqing, Guizhou, Yunnan, Fujian, Taiwan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Hong Kong).	en	Jiang, Xiaohong, Xie, Yao, Chen, Tingting, Li, Zhuoyue, Zhang, Guojiang, Liu, Qiongyou (2025): A novel geographic population of Dasyhelea ludingensis Zhang & Yu from Guizhou Province, China (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Zootaxa 5689 (3): 581-591, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5689.3.9, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5689.3.9
