Dasyhelea (Ps.) sandrageorgei, Dominiak, 2013

Szadziewski, Ryszard & Gwizdalska-Kentzer, Marta, 2020, New records of biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from the United Arab Emirates, with a description of a new species, Zootaxa 4894 (4), pp. 594-597 : 594

D. (Ps.) sandrageorgei Dominiak, 2013 ( Figs. 1C, D )

Dasyhelea sandrageorgei Dominiak, 2013 , in Dominiak & Alwin 2013: 139 (male, Lebanon).

Material examined. Houbara Protected Area 1– 28.02.2017, 15.03.2017, Malaise trap, 6 males, leg. A. Saji & A. van Harten ; Jebel Hafeet National Park , 20.03.2017, Malaise trap, 1 male, leg. A. Saji & A. van Harten.

Diagnosis. Males have a pair of slightly convergent apical aedeagal processes, which are membranous on their lateral parts, and a slender curved posterior process on the right paramere, that is distinctly bent distally. The gonostylus is evenly arched, with a short, ventral, finger-like projection on the basal portion ( Figs. 1C, D ). Females unknown.

Distribution. Lebanon, UAE, February–March, May. This is the first record from the UAE.

Figures

FIG. 1. Ventral views of male genitalia of Forcipomyia wirthiana Szadziewski, 1983 (A, B), and Dasyhelea sandrageor- gei Dominiak, 2013 (C, D).